n> Is this really a good idea? There's a really good reason that Jaime
n> put in CONST, it's because const is broken in lots of environments
n> (compilers+header files).
m>The deed is done. Show me a broken system, and it'll be one that was
m>already broken before the change. Jamie probably made that change
m>around 1992, when ANSI C was only 3 years old.
'const' is broken on AIX 4.1/4.2, not for ordinary usage but debuggers
don't want to show you the value of any 'const' parameter. Whenever
I want to use a debugger I have to compile my stuff with '-Dconst=""'.
Of course it's not any easier to mess around with the definition of CONST,
but I thought I should just point it out.
-Tor