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From: Massimiliano Cialdi <cialdi@firenze.net>
Subject: const char * vs char[]
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:01:18 +0100
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I have this:

#include <stdio.h>
const char *str = "pippo";
int main(void)
{
  void stampa(char s[]);
  stampa(str);
  return 0;
}
void stampa(char s[])
{
 printf("%s\n", s);
}

and gcc gives me a warning:
pippo.c:9: warning: passing arg 1 of `stampa' discards qualifiers from
pointer target type


what are the differences between char[] and const char *?

thanks

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Massimiliano Cialdi
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