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From: [e-mail] (Surendar C.)
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Subject: Constant pointers with ANSI C
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Date: 15 Oct 92 15:45:46 GMT
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Thanks to all who helped me clarify that char const * == const char *.
But I still don't get why the warning is given for one line and not the other.
Is the increment operator ++ any different from += 1;. I compiled this
under gcc 2.1 (-ansi -pedantic)

Thanks for any help
surendar

int length(const char *const str)
{
    int count = 0;

    while(*str)
    {
        str += 1; /* Get a warning here */
        str++;    /* Get no warning here */
        count++;
    }

    return(count);
}