Can I get a non-const C string back from a C++ string?

Question

Const-correctness in C++ is still giving me headaches. In working with some old C code, I find myself needing to assign turn a C++ string object into a C string and assign i

Answer 1

There's always const_cast...

std::string s("hello world");
char *p = const_cast(s.c_str());

Of course, that's basically subverting the type system, but sometimes it's necessary when integrating with older code.