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 static char pointers to error message strings have been replaced by 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,

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