Re: [PATCH] mm: make read-only accessors take const parameters

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 19:07 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote:
> Not in C, alas. As it returns what it's given I wouldn't want it to
> lie
> about the type of what it returns, and some of its clients want it to
> return something writeable. 

I think this little lie is prettier than _ro variants of functions. I do
not think you'll go far with your 'const' quest if you start adding _ro
variants for different core functions, but if you just cast the return
pointer to non-const you might be more successful.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (ÐÑÑÑÐ ÐÐÑÑÑÐÐÐ)

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