Re: [HACKERS] Adding some const keywords to external interfaces

We agreed to skip this right now, right?

> Thus spake Bruce Momjian
> > These are good points. Can you post the patch again? I deleted it.
>
> I bounced it directly to you rather than reposting to the list.
>
> > Sounds like it would be safe. I am interested in const-ify-ing the
> > backend code, if possible. It does offer a level of code checking that
> > we don't currently have.
>
> Me too but as I said, this patch doesn't do that. It only const-ifies
> the the arguments to an external interface.
>
> > The only issue is that is has to be done pretty exhaustively. If you
> > don't, your new const function parameters start passing params to
> > functions that takes non-const params, and warnings start to fly.
>
> I compiled the entire tree without any warnings so I assume that the
> changes wound up being pretty localized.
>
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