Am Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:05:47 +0100 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely....@gmail.com>:
> On 14 October 2014 00:01, Martin Uecker wrote: > > Manuel López-Ibáñez <lopeziba...@gmail.com>: > > > > Thank you for your quick response. > > > >> > Could we have an option to turn these warnings off? > >> > >> This will be controlled by a new option in GCC 5.0. > >> > >> For the details and the answer to your other questions, see > >> https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FAQ#constmismatch > > > > The option '-Wincompatible-pointer-types' would turn of all > > warnings about incompatible pointers. I want a specific options > > to turn of the completely pointless warning about converting > > to pointers to constant arrays, which warns about something > > which is actually completely safe. > > It isn't complete safe. http://c-faq.com/ansi/constmismatch.html A pointer to an array is not the same thing as a pointer to a pointer. Converting a pointer to an array to a pointer to a constant array is safe. Converting a pointer to a pointer to a pointer to a pointer to a constant is not (as the CFAQ points out). -- Martin
