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char const *c = "Hello"; /* Good */
//c[3] = 'a'; would cause a compile error

Compliant Solution 1

In cases where the string referenced by c is meant to be modified, use initialization instead of assignment. In this compliant solution, both a and b are modifiable char arrays which have been initialized using the contents of the corresponding string literal.

char a[] = "abc";

The above This code is equivalent to:

char a[] = {'a', 'b', 'c', '\0'};

Non-Compliant Code Example 1

Though it Although this code example is not compliant with the C C99 Standard, this code it executes correctly if the contents of CMUfullname are not modified.

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