"Kevin Grittner" <kevin.gritt...@wicourts.gov> writes: >> In C, the impedance match is a lot worse, so you have to pick and >> choose where const is worth the trouble. > > Agreed. And I'm not sure how much of what Thomas is proposing is > worth it; it just seems prudent to consider it while the offer is > being made to do the work.
If the gain is for human readers of the API rather than the compiler and some level of automated checking, what about this trick: #define constp Then you can use it wherever you want to instruct readers that the parameter is a constant, it's now a noise word as far as the compiler is concerned (thanks to the precompiler replacing it with an empty string). Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers