On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:31:50AM +0200, john smith wrote: > >> const char *str = "Last printf: %B\n"; > >> printf(str, 2); > But why is indirection done when string is defined as an array and not > when it is a pointer to constant string? Because a literal is a literal, and a pointer is not. See -Wformat-nonliteral, -Wformat=2, and the documentation for those. Segher
