C++ non-type template parameter const char*

Question

Let\'s say we have

template 
struct A{};

// static storage
const char a[] = \"asd\";
const char* p = \"asd\";

This inst

Answer 1

It may help to understand more why A

{}; is not allowed if you imagine p is initialized by some function

const char* p = getP();

where getP() determines its result by some runtime data, for example, by reading a config file.