On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 19:07 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote: > Not in C, alas. As it returns what it's given I wouldn't want it to > lie > about the type of what it returns, and some of its clients want it to > return something writeable. I think this little lie is prettier than _ro variants of functions. I do not think you'll go far with your 'const' quest if you start adding _ro variants for different core functions, but if you just cast the return pointer to non-const you might be more successful. -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy (ÐÑÑÑÐ ÐÐÑÑÑÐÐÐ) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>