But why is indirection done when string is defined as an array and not
when it is a pointer to constant string?
There is no indirection in the array case. A char array
declaration with an initializer defines exactly one object:
the array whose value is the string.
const char one_object[] = "abc";
A char pointer definition with an initializer, on the other
hand, defines two objects: the pointer and the string it
points to.
const char* const two_objects = "abc";
or equivalently:
const char* const two_objects = one_object;
Martin
