Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 10:07:29 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Cc: Jerry.Kendall@vmicls.com Subject: Re: HELP with typedef Message-ID: <199511220907.KAA21334@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199511211745.KAA25161@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Nov 21, 95 10:45:03 am
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As Nate Williams wrote:
> typedef char *StringList[];
>
> StringList List = {"one","two","three","four","END OF LIST",""};
> It now compiles with 'gcc -Wall', and works like I think you intend it
> to do.
But it wouldn't compile with -Wwrite-strings. :-)
typedef const char *StringList[];
is better, since gcc places the strings in the read-only text segment
by default, so they are actually constant strings. The additional
warning option lets gcc warn about attempts to overwrite these
strings.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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