不用什么深挖,因为这就是:规定
这是C++03的版本(2.13.4.1):
A string literal is a sequence of characters (as defined in 2.13.2) surrounded by double quotes, optionally beginning with the letter L,asin"..."or L"...". A string literal that does not begin with L is an ordinary string literal, also referred to as a narrow string literal. An ordinary string literal has type “array of n const char” and static storage duration (3.7), where n is the size of the string as defined below, and is initialized with the given characters. A string literal that begins with L, such as L"asdf", is a wide string literal. A wide string literal has type “array of n const wchar_t” and has static storage duration, where n is the size of the string as defined below, and is initialized with the given characters.
至于很多人回答的:严格按照C++语法你的代码会编不过的原因,也已经用黑体给你标了。
其他版本的C++,甚至c的,自己也可以下载个标准文本,然后用“string literal”这个关键字去搜。
btw:
这种东西在我看来不值得花什么精力去深究,因为它本质上就是一个可以让大家更便于编写代码,也让代码更好读的语法糖。
毕竟你可以老老实实的写一个字符数组,然后用strcpy初始化。最后等着编译器发现这个变量可以执行编译优化,最终优化成一个指向常量的指针,在结果上是一样的——当然,有没有这么牛X的编译器,倒是个问题。