On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 11:58:42AM -0800, Mo DeJong wrote: > On 7 Feb 2001, Jeff Trawick wrote: > > > Here is the bit of code from the Jikes java compiler > > > that deals with this issue. > > > > > > size_t n = iconv(_converter, > > > #ifdef HAVE_ERROR_CALL_ICONV_CONST > > > (char **) > > > #endif > > > &source_ptr, &srcl, > > > (char **)&chp, &chl > > > ); > > > > The code would be nicer if we define ICONV_INBUF_TYPE to "char **" or > > "const char **" and then do > > Well, that would just be casting a const char** to a const char ** > in the normal case, why put an extra cast in for no reason? > I tend to like knowing about the exceptions and why they are in the > code instead of having unexplained casts all over the place. >
Just for reference, in AbiWord this is dealt with in the following way
iconv(arg_1, (ICONV_CONST char **) arg_2, etc ...)
where ICONV_CONST is either defined to const or not depending on the
platform.
I have to say that this is ugly and horrible, and really wish there
was a better solution.
sam th
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