[Linux-ha-dev] cast lvalues is deprecated

[Alan Robertson]

Lars Ellenberg wrote:
> / 2004-06-02 14:35:09 -0600
> \ Alan Robertson:
> 
>>>>	char a[] = "something";
>>>>
>>>>This should work for you...
>>>>	char a[] is equivalent to char * a...
>>>
>>>
>>>not exactly, because it places "something" in the local stack frame.
>>
>>So?  If it's a lifetime issue, then OK...  But, you could also fix that by 
>>prefixing it with static.
> 
> 
> sorry for the niticking...
> but since I suggested that already,
> and Yi already said it is ok for him,
> I thought I point out the difference.
> btw, I found that macro very usefull in many circumstances ...
>   :)


Then I'm sure you won't mind if I nitpick back ;-)

As I'm sure you noted from the quoting, I hadn't read your post yet.  But 
if I had, I'd still have written what I did since what I wrote was simpler, 
and reflects how the existing code already handles this situation.

As you noted, your macro is non-portable, which makes it less than ideal.


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