Here's a test-case for you. Save the attached source file as /tmp/test.cpp and run the following g++ invocation: g++ -c -g -O0 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -W -Wno-format-y2k \ -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -o /tmp/test.o /tmp/test.cpp When I run this command against the attached file I get: /tmp/test.cpp: In function ‘int do_test()’: /tmp/test.cpp:14: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’' But if you look the argument IS a const, just through a typedef. I'm using g++ 4.1.1-1 on FC5: Using built-in specs. Target: i386-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre --with-cpu=generic --host=i386-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1) -derek
typedef char* PDFFileName; typedef const char* PDFFileNameConst; class Foo { public: // If you change this to PDFFileNameConst then the warning goes away static int Blah(const PDFFileName name); }; int do_test() { return Foo::Blah("bzz"); } // Compile with: // g++ -c -g -O0 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -W -Wno-format-y2k // -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -o /tmp/test.o /tmp/test.cpp
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