On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Hulatt, Jon wrote:

> const char[] str1 = "hello world";
>
> This will create str1 as a pointer to the first element of an array
> preinitialised to contain that string, and null terminated.

This creates a const array, not a pointer.

> const char * str3 = "hello world";
>
> is also either illegal, or in some compilers will produce not quite the
> effect you're looking for.

That is perfectly legal code.  It creates a pointer to the string
"hello world".  The only thing in the above code that might depend on
the compiler is whether "hello world" is in ROM or RAM.

> It would potentially create a char pointer, which
> is preconfigured to point to whatever value is represented by that string.

It points to the string, not the "value represented by that string."

> In Win32, pointers are 32 bit, so that would (in visual c++) create a const
> char pointer that points to a memory address of "hell" (0x68656C6C), which
> is an Access Violation / Protection fault waiting to happen.

I don't have access to VC++, but I think if you tried the above code
you would find it does nothing of the sort.

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John W. Temples, III

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