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From: rnn@morris.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Rajesh Nihal)
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Subject: Re: A language feature or quirk ?
Date: 14 Mar 1995 16:09:54 GMT
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In article <3k2tn6$jig@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>, kavuri@lips.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri ) writes:
|>  
|>  void Print(char *s) { cout << s; }
|>  
|> int main ()
|> {
|>   Print("Hello");  // compiles; not an error!
|>  
|>   const char* s = "Hello";
|>   Print(s); // Compile time error as expected!
|>   
|>   cout << "What on earth is going on ?" << endl;
|>   return 0;
|> }
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> Surya Kavuri

You need to cast the s to char*, since s is declared as const char* and
Print function takes its argument as char*. In C++ const char* do not
get automatically casted to char*.

Raj.