Why does PyRun_SimpleFile need a char*, not a const char*?

[Gernot Hillier]

Hi!

As I'm using embedded python in C++, I would really like to use

string a="bla.py"
script_f=fopen(a.c_str(),"r")
PyRun_SimpleFile(script_f, a.c_str());

But this only gives me "invalid conversion from `const char*' to `char*'" in 
PyRun_SimpleFile(). :-(

So - why does PyRun_SimpleFile() expect to get a "char*" and not a "const 
char*"?

Does it change this pointer? I hope not...

I think this qualifies as bug - what do you think?

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Ciao,

Gernot