On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 11:21:21AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 11:57:29AM +0100, Christophe Fergeau wrote: > > Hey, > > > > > > It's definitely not used consistently, but removing a 'const' from > > > > external API is going to cause breakage in C++ code: > > > > > > Well that's true but IMHO this breakage is OK, given: > > > > > > * the unlikelyhood of an existing C++ project using libosinfo. > > > > This patch would fix generation of rust bindings, which have 0 users > > for sure at the moment since it's broken. So there are at least as many > > C++ projects using libosinfo, maybe more :) > > If the breakage is fixed in the Rust binding generator soon, I'd rather > > we drop this patch. > > I'm on the fence, but I think on balance i'm slightly in favour of taking > in the patch. It doesn't change ABI, only API so it would only be source > level incompatible. Even then its only incompatible if the dev actually > declared the variable const, which is about as likely as someone using > C++ in the first place. Yes, your point about the actual object most likely being declared without the "const" modifier also makes me lean towards taking it. Christophe
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