[Python-Dev] Opinions on const-correctness? (original) (raw)

Juergen Hermann Juergen Hermann" <j.her@t-online.de
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:10:24 +0100

Hi!

When you interface const-correct C or C++ code with Python, you currently need to jump through hoops like this:

somefunc(const char* modulename, const char* key) { ... PyImport_ImportModule(const_cast<char*>(modulename)) ...

I'd be willing to invest some time to change this, the question is:

  1. someone opposed to such a change?

  2. any technical reasons against it (const is ANSI, do we have a portability problem that cannot be solved by a #define)?

The largest negative effect I can see is that it'll add some turbulence to the CVS log (many little changes).

Ciao, J=FCrgen