Max Kellermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008/09/02 05:13, Eric Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ugh, the amount of wrapper functions we have is getting to my nerves. > > Also, I've seen xfree() in the past as a macro that NULLs its argument, > > so I'd rather not use that function name for something that does > > something completely different. > > > > Instead, I'm just going to use this instead and remove all of > > our other wrappers. > > I know it's getting crowded, but I decided to add another wrapper > instead of the generic "deconst_ptr()", because deconsting is a "bad > thing" which you should only do when you "really know what you're > doing". A generic function like "deconst_ptr()" encourages careless > deconsting everywhere. And it discourages bothering the library > authors to correct their API declarations.
Then I shall name it deconst_HACK(), complete with capitalization to ward off excessive usage of it. Even if we got library authors to change their API declarations, it'll still be 5-10 years before existing software gets phased out... -- Eric Wong ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
