From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35062: [PATCH v3 2/3] constify a bit of xterm.c Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 09:28:06 +0300 Message-ID: <83pnphb37t.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20190407021331.948-1-Hi-Angel@yandex.ru> <20190407021331.948-2-Hi-Angel@yandex.ru> <8336mml3s7.fsf@gnu.org> <1f700b05-16a8-1159-e2e3-61f9699981a1@cs.ucla.edu> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="21190"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 35062@debbugs.gnu.org, Hi-Angel@yandex.ru To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 20 08:31:54 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjXV-0005P1-Pi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 08:31:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37572 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjXT-0006uR-TM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:31:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56269) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjXM-0006tx-R6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:31:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjUk-0005yR-8x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:60020) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjUk-0005yM-6I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjUj-0006FN-Sa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:29:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:29:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35062 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35062-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35062.155574171023970 (code B ref 35062); Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:29:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35062) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Apr 2019 06:28:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45331 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjUE-0006EY-Jl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:28:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41509) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjUC-0006EJ-LC for 35062@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:28:29 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:55872) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjU7-0005hD-01; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:28:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4194 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hHjU5-0006aa-D1; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:28:22 -0400 In-reply-to: <1f700b05-16a8-1159-e2e3-61f9699981a1@cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:31:38 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:157883 Archived-At: > Cc: 35062@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:31:38 -0700 > > 'const' is like 'register' in this respect. Putting 'const' nearly everywhere > clutters C code. It's pretty easy for a human reader to determine whether a > local variable is modified (if it's hard, write an Elisp function :-). In > hindsight, perhaps C should have been designed so that 'const' was the default > for local variables; but the ship has sailed there too. Thanks. That was more or less my thinking as well.