Fix MinGW Compiling Error #414
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const auto& addr = this->At(n); auto tmp_addr = addr; the line auto tmp_addr = addr; creates a copy of the object referred to by addr. This copy, tmp_addr, is not marked as const even though addr is a constant reference. As a result, the address of tmp_addr (i.e., &tmp_addr) is of a non-const pointer type, which is acceptable for the inet_ntop function. Passing &tmp_addr to inet_ntop solves the issue of an invalid conversion from const void* to void*, because &tmp_addr is now of the type void* (or can be implicitly converted to it), bypassing the compiler error that would occur if you tried to pass directly &addr. This approach is valid provided that this->At(n) returns the data in a way that allows creating a copy with auto tmp_addr without any unintended side effects.
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const auto& addr = this->At(n);
auto tmp_addr = addr;
the line auto tmp_addr = addr; creates a copy of the object referred to by addr. This copy, tmp_addr, is not marked as const even though addr is a constant reference. As a result, the address of tmp_addr (i.e., &tmp_addr) is of a non-const pointer type, which is acceptable for the inet_ntop function.
Passing &tmp_addr to inet_ntop solves the issue of an invalid conversion from const void* to void*, because &tmp_addr is now of the type void* (or can be implicitly converted to it), bypassing the compiler error that would occur if you tried to pass directly &addr.
This approach is valid provided that this->At(n) returns the data in a way that allows creating a copy with auto tmp_addr without any unintended side effects.