Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_extern.h vm_glue.c

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 12:10:14PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
:>     I think you should probably use 'const caddr_t' there instead of
:>     'c_caddr_t'.  I did something similar (typedef'ing const) in FreeBSD a long time
:>     ago and it turned out not to be so hot an idea.
:
:Try this:
:
:typedef char *ptr;
:const ptr a = "msg";
:
:and use WARNS=6. GCC will warn about discarding a qualifier because 'a'
:is a const ptr, not a const char * pointer. That's why the const caddr_t
:doesn't give the correct result.
:
:Joerg

    Ick.  oh well.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>