Thread: Unexplainable Segvault in Constructor Method

  1. 11-11-2014 #16
    LittleByBlue
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    Edited my post.
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    Looks correct. I suggest that you declare str to be a const char* for const-correctness.
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    Isn't the super const-correct form :
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    const char* const
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    That second const makes no difference to the caller and is effectively implementation detail.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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