Actually the first statement i gave const int i=5; int *ptr=&i is itself giving an error on gcc and a warning on borland. We have to modify it as const int *ptr=&i otherwise it gives illegal pointer conversion error.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:11 PM, divya jain <[email protected]>wrote: > i think both statements shd give error. as u r trying to change int to > const int in 2 and const int to int in 1.. > > > On 7 June 2010 19:59, mohit ranjan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> @Raj, >> >> no they are not same >> >> >> case 1: i is const >> case 2: ptr is const >> >> and whatever is const cann't be modified >> >> Mohit Ranjan >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Raj N <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can someone tell me the difference between >>> 1) const int i=5; 2) int i=5; >>> int *ptr=&i; const int >>> *ptr=&i; >>> >>> In the first case i can be modified via ptr i.e *ptr++ is valid. In >>> the second case *ptr++ is illegal. Why is that so? Aren't they same? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
