Re: [PATCH 1/5] mtd: st_spi_fsm: Remove useless consts from function arguments

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Mar 20 2014 - 08:14:08 EST


On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 12:03 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > Good catch. That wasn't my intention.
> > > Why?
> An oversight.

That's still not an explanation.

Why, unless cast away by the code itself, is
const removal a good thing?

It does serve as an indication to a reader what
the code does with the argument.

About the only reason I can think of arguing in
favor of removal is inconsistent application of
const within the module.


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