Jeremy Hylton wrote: > I added some const to several API functions that take char* but > typically called by passing string literals. In C++, a string literal > is a const char* so you need to add a const_cast<> to every call site,
That's not true. A string literal of length N is of type const char[N+1]. However, a (deprecated) conversion of string literals to char* is provided in the language. So assigning a string literal to char* or passing it in a char* parameter is compliant with standard C++, no const_cast is required. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com