Re: off topic question

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Jeffrey Goddard wrote:

> ok, i realize this is probably off topic, but can someone explain what the
> compiler is trying to tell me about these statements?
>
> callbacks.c:27: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer
> target type
>
>    gchar *filename;
>    filename = gtk_file_selection_get_filename(GTK_FILE_SELECTION(file_select_box));

Make that "const *gchar filename".  You're not allowed to mess with
the string returned by gtk_file_selection_get_filename().

Allin Cottrell.