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Do not cast away a {{const}} qualification on a variable type. Casting away the {{const}} qualification will allow violation of rule \[[EXP31-C. Do not modify constant values ]\] prohibiting the modification of constant values. |
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void remove_spaces(const char const *str, size_t slen) {
char *p = (char*)str;
size_t i;
for (i = 0; i < slen && str[i]; i++) {
if (str[i] != ' ') *p++ = str[i];
}
*p = '\0';
}
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In this example, a const int array vals is declared and its content modified by memset() with the function, clearing the contents of the vals array.
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const int const vals[] = {3, 4, 5};
memset(vals, 0, sizeof(vals));
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void log(char *errstr) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s.\n", errstr);
}
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const char const INVFNAME[] = "Invalid file name.";
log((char *)INVFNAME);
/* ... */
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\[[ISO/IEC 9899-1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 6.7.3, "Type qualifiers" |
