why `int` can't be casted to `const int`

Asked Mar 14 '16 at 08:46

Active Mar 14 '16 at 08:50

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I am new to C++, but I met an issue:

const int* pp2;
int p2;
pp2 = &p2;

this is right, but the same rule for this code:

const int** pp2;
int* p2;
pp2 = &p2;

this is an error:

error: invalid conversion from ‘int**’ to ‘const int**’ [-fpermissive]

I am confused.
int* can be casted to const int*, but why int** can't be casted const int**?

edited Mar 14 '16 at 08:50

GingerPlusPlus

asked Mar 14 '16 at 08:46

BlackMamba

why `int**` can't be casted to `const int**`