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diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi index 1384562b985..6fb86e314e8 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi @@ -3065,7 +3065,8 @@ When compiling C, give string constants the type @code{const char[@var{length}]} so that copying the address of one into a non-@code{const} @code{char *} pointer will get a warning; when compiling C++, warn about the -deprecated conversion from string constants to @code{char *}. +deprecated conversion from string literals to @code{char *}. This +warning, by default, is enabled for C++ programs. These warnings will help you find at compile time code that can try to write into a string constant, but only if you have been very careful about using @code{const} in |