Re: Re: const qualifier violation in regex.c:re_comp()

Derek Robert Price <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:32:47 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs,gmane.comp.version-control.cvs.bugs
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Bruno Haible wrote:

>Derek Robert Price wrote:
>
>>I prefer to avoid typecasting whenever possible, because, otherwise,
>>what is the point of a compiler with type checking?
>
>
>The type cast is necessary here because re_comp's return type is wrong.


Ah, ok.  I've looked up the appropriate functions now and think I
follow you.  Thanks.

>>Anyhow, whoever makes a decision and updates GNULIB, please drop me a
>>line so I may update CVS.
>
>
>Paul Eggert has fixed gnulib's regex.c on 2004-10-04.


Got it.  Thanks.

Cheers,

Derek

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