c++ - casting away constness with reinterpret_cast
- Christof Meerwald (14/14) Nov 02 2001 According to the C++ standard, "the reinterpret_cast operator shall not
According to the C++ standard, "the reinterpret_cast operator shall not cast away constness." (5.2.10 Reinterpret cast, paragraph 2) But DM doesn't complain about it: int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { const int a = -1; char *b = reinterpret_cast<char *>(&a); return *b; } bye, Christof -- http://cmeerw.cjb.net JID: cmeerw jabber.at mailto cmeerw at web.de ...and what have you contributed to the Net?
Nov 02 2001