According to the C++ standard, "the reinterpret_cast operator shall not cast away constness." (5.2.10 Reinterpret cast, paragraph 2)

But DM doesn't complain about it:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  const int a = -1;
  char *b = reinterpret_cast<char *>(&a);

  return *b;
}


bye, Christof

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