Re: off topic question

["Rich Gautier" <rgautier cox net>]

  To further explain to myself what Scott said - the
gtk_file_selection_get_filename returns a pointer to a char array that is
not meant to be modifiable and is declared as a constant return value in the
library.

However, I have a follow-on question - isn't it the pointer itself that is
declared constant, not the character array that it points to?

And yes, I understand that may be a stupid question.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Barron" <sb125499 ohiou edu>
To: <gtk-app-devel-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: off topic question


> On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 11:28:37AM -0500, 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));
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> Hi,
>
> gtk_file_selection_get_filename returns a const value and you're
> assigning it to a non const value.  Try this:
>
> const gchar *filename;
> filename = gtk_file_selection_get_filename(....);
>
> If you need to modify the filename, g_strdup() it.  Check the glib
> manual under the standard macros section for an explanation of
> G_CONST_RETURN.
>
> -Scott
>
> --
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> -B
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