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This compliant solution addresses the const violation by not modifying the constant argument.:

void foo(const int * x) {
  if (x != NULL) {
    printf("Value is %d\n", *x);
  }
  /* ... */
}

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In the first strcat_nc() call, the compiler generates a warning about attempting to cast away const on str2. This is because strcat_nc() does not modify its second argument , yet fails to declare it const.

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In the final strcat_nc() call, the compiler generates a warning about attempting to cast away const on str4. This , which is a valid warning.

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