Re: Add 'const' to an API pointer?

Branko ÄŒibej <brane@xbc.nu> writes:

> Philip Martin wrote:
>>
>>My reading of the C standard is that adding const like this could
>>cause undefined behaviour. That said, I know of no C implementation
>>where it would cause a problem.
>>
> Hm. I expect you're saying that the architecture is allowed to use
> different argument passing rules for "foo*" and "const foo*".

That's one thing that could happen, "undefined behaviour" allows just
about anything to happen. A C implementation that used C++-style name
mangling would also have problems, although I don't know if something
else in the C standard would prohibit such an implementation.

-- 
Philip Martin
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