edler@JAN.ULTRA.NYU.EDU (Jan Edler) (01/05/90)
Consider the following example, compiled with -Wcast-qual: int g(int *x, int *y) { return *x + *y; } int f() { static int foo; const int bar; return g(&foo, &bar); } The compiler says x.c: In function f: x.c:12: warning: pointer to const given for argument 1 of `g' I claim the argument number given in the warning is off by one. I suppose you might feel that arguments are "naturally" zero-origin, but I wasted 10 minutes on a real case because I assumed argument 3 was the third argument to a function. Jan Edler