It's likely that Sun Studio Next will have -xstrconst on by default. It's likely that the C compiler will transition to using the same syntax as the C++ compiler uses today. (-features=[no%]conststrings) Hopefully we will remember the -m64 lesson, and silently accept both options for at least one FCS release. This change has already been approved by the compiler internal architecture team. Now it's just a matter of implementing the change in the compiler driver. It's not known yet if this will be a "required feature" in the official project plan for Sun Studio Next. But given the small amount of coding work, it seems likely to get in, even if it's not on the "Required" list. Roland's feedback is already attached to that bug. If we can get more Service Requests attached to that bug with more customers it may effect the bug's priority.
The bugid is: 5011504 make -xstrconst the default
