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

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:29:13 +0100

On dinsdag, maart 12, 2002, at 09:10 , Juergen Hermann wrote:

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) { ... PyImportImportModule(constcast<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)?

Even though Guido has sent in his -1 already ("Voting is futile. You have been assimilated." :-) I'll vote a +1 anyway.

Just this morning I stopped my self just in time from modifying a char * argument that could in some cases come from a StringObject, and that's definitely not the first time it happened to me:-)