[libvirt] [PATCH] util: Make virStringArrayHasString() const-correct

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Tue, 2016-08-16 at 22:31 +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> > > > This change means we no longer have to cast arrays of
> > > > immutable strings to arrays of mutable strings; we still
> > > > have to do the opposite, though, but that's reasonable.
> > >  
> > > Is it? I mean, we are restricting ourselves and compiler fails to see
> > > that. To me 'const char **' is more restrictive than 'char **' therefore
> > > there should be no typecast required. But this is the discussion I
> > > should have with gcc devels. For some reason, gcc does automatic
> > > typecasting to const just for the fist level pointers and not the second
> > > one. That's why compilers errors out.
> > 
> > The reason for this behavior is explained in the C FAQ:
> > 
> >   http://c-faq.com/ansi/constmismatch.html
> 
> Just FYI, so that you know why adding more consts (even to sensible
> places) doesn't help in C, I found the answer to my question on stack
> overflow [1] very satisfactory and explanatory.

So the solution is simple: rewrite all of libvirt in C++! ;)

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Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization