Casting Delphi 2009/2010 string literals to PAnsiChar

Question

So the question is whether or not string literals (or const strings) in Delphi 2009/2010 can be directly cast as PAnsiChar\'s or do they need an additional cast to AnsiString fi

Answer 1

For type-inferred constants (only initializable from literals) the compiler changes the actual text at compile-time, rather than at runtime. That means it knows whether or not the conversion loses data, so it doesn't need to warn you if it doesn't.