On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 02:04:48PM -0800, Josh Coalson wrote: > --- Denis Chatelain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > > I just tried to compile libFLAC (using Borland C++ Builder 6 on > > Windows). > > > > The compilers yells at me on line 233 of libFLAC/lpc.c > > > > *(residual++) = *(data++) - (sum >> lp_quantization); > > --> data is const and cannot be modified > > > > Funny thing is, if data is declared: > > const FLAC__int32 *data > > instead of > > const FLAC__int32 data[] > > > > everything is ok. > > > > Is this a bug in my compiler, or a personnal lack of understanding of > > the difference in C between *data and data[] ? > > hmmm, not sure what the standard says on this. but it's > OK to change it to > > const FLAC__int32 *data > > in order to get it to compile.
I haven't checked, and I don't recall whether it covers the case of const arrays, but this article has helped me in the past: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/const-correctness.html -- - mdz ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Flac-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flac-dev
