Question

In Java, we can specify a string as final to declare ‘constants’. For example

static final String myConst = "Hello";

Is the correct way to do this in c++ like this?

const char * const myConst = "Hello";

I’ve always seen people do this:

const char * myConst = "Hello";

But, actually, you can change what that pointer points to. So, why do people not declare the pointer as constant as well? What is the correct way to do it?

Answer 1

const std::string myConst("Hello");