[ python-Bugs-1228053 ] usage of type "char*" instead of "const char*"

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Bugs item #1228053, was opened at 2005-06-27 02:54
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Category: Build
Group: Python 2.4
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mattias Ekholm (ekholm)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: usage of type "char*" instead of "const char*"

Initial Comment:

I suspect that this is problem is not only related
"char*", but to 
most types used in the Python C API. For "char*" is
quite hard
to sircumvent.

Is there any plan to use const for all function parameters 
when the function is not altering its arguments?

regards
Mattias


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>Comment By: Terry J. Reedy (tjreedy)
Date: 2005-06-30 15:01

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Coding style questions should be directed to comp.lang.python 
or the corresponding mail list.
In any case, Python is written in C89, not C++

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