Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> James Carlson wrote:
> > Why not go through the normal path?  Devise a fix, request a sponsor,
> > get code reviews and testing, and then integrate.
> 
> Have you looked at http://opensolaris.org/os/bug_reports/request_sponsor/
> lately?   You can see how many Roland has devised a fix for, requested a
> sponsor, and been ignored for months or longer (the first one on the list
> from him is now over a year old).
> 
> Given our poor track record, it seems more likely we'll just migrate to
> Studio 13 first, which will have -xstrconst on by default.

If Sun Studio _ever_ uses "-xstrconst" by default. AFAIK we're waiting
for that since four or five major compiler releases (even after pointing
out that the standard requires non-writeable string literals) since the
first RFE had been filed...

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Bye,
Roland

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