bfd_get_filename

Tom Tromey tom@tromey.com
Mon Sep 9 18:17:00 GMT 2019


>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> writes:

Alan> This macro says:
Alan> /* Cast from const char * to char * so that caller can assign to
Alan>    a char * without a warning.  */

Alan> I reckon that isn't such a good idea since it can result in char*
Alan> variables where const char* is appropriate.  Not very many places
Alan> need the char* cast.  Applying to gdb as obvious.

Thanks for doing this.  I came up with a couple of follow-up patches to
remove some of the casts.  I'll send those soon.

Tom



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