On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 20:53 +0000, Moore, Robert wrote: > In ACPICA, we tend to be very careful concerning the "const" keyword in order > to avoid a phenomenon known as "const pollution". > > That is not to say that we won't use const in some limited cases.
Please describe the effects of "const pollution". Why isn't it useful to update the functions that don't modify function pointer arguments to const? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
