[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Include co mpile.h,2.38,2.39 parsetok.h,2.19,2.20 pyerrors.h,2.63,2.64 pythonrun.h,2 .55,2.56 symtable.h,2.10,2.11

[Delaney, Timothy]

> From: M.-A. Lemburg [mailto:mal@lemburg.com]
> 
> I remember Tim opposing such changes (and Greg Stein insisting
> on them ;-). AFAIK, this breaks third party code since some
> compilers simply reject casting char* to const char*.

I must admit I caused this recent constifying mess ... someone complained on
python-list and I told him to submit a bug report (in the hope that it would
get rejected because I knew the problems it would cause).

I submit myself for a spanking.

Tim Delaney