const debacle

[Janice Caron]

On 24/03/2008, Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> wrote:
>  ...And this:
>
>  char* substring(int begin, const char* string)
>  {
>      return string+begin;
>  }
>
>  char * foo = "hi there\n";
>  char * bar = substring(3, foo);
>
>  compiles in C

I'd call that a bug in your C compiler, because if that compiles, so
will the following:

    void f(char const * s)
    {
        char * t = substring(0, f);
        t[0] = 'x';
    }