linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NTFS error messages: replace static char pointers by static char arrays

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Date:	Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:40:35 +0200
From:	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>
To:	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...il.com>
Cc:	aia21@...tab.net, linux-ntfs-dev@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NTFS error messages: replace static char pointers by static char arrays

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 01:55:42AM +0400, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The patch below contains a small code clean-up for the NTFS driver: all
> static char pointers to error message strings have been replaced by 
> static char arrays.
> 

Hi Dmitri,

Isn't the only difference between char *c = "msg" and char c[] = "msg" is 
that the first is a non-const pointer to a const char array while the second 
is a modifiable char array ?

If so, what's the point of the patch ?

Thanks,

-- 
Ahmed S. Darwish
HomePage: http://darwish.07.googlepages.com
Blog: http://darwish-07.blogspot.com
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