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From: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add -Wcast-qual flag
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:41:53 +0000
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On 21/12/06 10:05, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@amd.com> wrote:

> The xen-cast.diff adds the -Wcast-qual flag.

We don't enable this flag precisely because we end up needing to scatter
const all over the place like confetti. I'm not convinced that use of const
improves code quality. I fear we'd end up with 'const foo * const bar' all
over the place -- ugly and confusing to most programmers (who frequently
mess up const placement, in my experience).

 -- Keir