为什么strrchr()返回`char *`而不是`const char *`?

函数 char* strrchr(const char *str, int ch) 返回一个指针()在最后出现的ch所在的str(const char *)中.

因此我们可以编写以下代码而无需任何强制转换:

So we can write the following code without any cast:

#include <string.h>
int main()
{
    const char CONSTSTR[] = "foo/bar/foobar.txt";
    char *ptr = strrchr (CONSTSTR, '/');
    *ptr++ = 'B';
    *ptr++ = 'A';
    *ptr++ = 'D';
}

返回char*而不是const char*有什么好处?

What is the advantage to return char* instead of const char* ?

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正如 Shafik Yaghmour 指出的那样， strchr实现如何工作?

As a Shafik Yaghmour pointed out, there are very good answers to How does strchr implementation work?

因为我的代码是C ++，所以我将使用<cstring>而不是<string.h>.谢谢您的回答；-)

As my code is in C++, I will use <cstring> instead of <string.h>. Thanks for your answers ;-)

但是，迈克·西摩的答案最适合这个问题.我什至添加了下面的更详细的答案，以明确地说strrchr()是C函数(不允许重载)，该声明同时适合 const 和 non-const 字符串.因为strrchr()可以用 non-const 字符串调用，所以返回的字符串也应该是 non-const .

However, the Mike Seymour's answer fits best the question. I have even added a more detailed answer below to clearly say as strrchr() is a C function (overload not permitted), the declaration fits both const and non-const strings. Because strrchr() can be called with a non-const string, the returned string should also be non-const.