Re: A couple items on TODO

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-hackers(at)dynworks(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: A couple items on TODO
Date: 2001-08-24 02:20:45
Message-ID: 200108240220.f7O2Kjr08522@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > As I was browsing TODO, I noticed a couple unassigned items
> > that I may be
> > > able to help with (I haven't worked with the source before):
> > >
> > > *Add use of 'const' for variables in source tree
> >
> > I would discuss this item with the hackers list and see exactly what
> > people want done with it.
>
> I have noticed while working on command.c and heap.c that half the functions
> pass 'const char *' and the other half pass just 'char *'. This is a pain
> when you have a little helper function like 'is_relation(char *)' and you
> want to pass a 'const char *' to it and vice versa. ie. Compiler warnings -
> it's sort of annoying.
>

Yes, it can be very annoying.

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