2010/10/12 Marc Glisse <marc.glisse@xxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, 12 Oct 2010, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> I'm not sure what you want us to suggest. You say that the names are >> modifiable. String constants are not modifiable. If the strings are >> indeed modified, and you pass in a string constant, then your program is >> going to crash when the library tries to modify the strings. The gcc >> warning is helpfully pointing that out. >> >> This is not a gcc issue. It's a C++ language issue. If you need a >> modifiable string, then you must not use a string constant. > > I am not sure what the OP is asking for, but note that some other compilers > provide an option (-features=no%conststrings for sunCC) to handle such > broken legacy code without modification. gcc provides -Wno-write-strings - but I like the warning in general and don't want dumb disable it ;) Probably there is no better way - but knowing how to modify the legacy code to avoid the warning is a better way. /Jens
