Kim Woelders wrote:
Enlightenment CVS wrote:Enlightenment CVS committal Author : essiene Project : e17 Module : proto Dir : e17/proto/entrance_edit_gui/src/widgets Modified Files:ew_entry.c ew_entry.hLog Message: - Fix return type warning when getting an etk_entry, it returns a const char*, but we use normal char*'s everywhere. =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/e/e17/proto/entrance_edit_gui/src/widgets/ew_entry.c,v retrieving revision 1.7 retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -3 -r1.7 -r1.8 --- ew_entry.c 16 Aug 2006 12:52:01 -0000 1.7 +++ ew_entry.c 16 Aug 2006 13:13:30 -0000 1.8 @@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ return ew; }-const char*+char* ew_entry_get(Entrance_Entry ew) { - return etk_entry_text_get(ETK_ENTRY(ew->control)); + return (char*) etk_entry_text_get(ETK_ENTRY(ew->control)); }...You should never (have to) cast away the const modifier. It is there for a purpose. It tells you (and the compiler) that here is a pointer to a piece of memory that you are not supposed to modify.The compiler warns you if you pass a const pointer to a function that takes non-const pointer arguments, that you may be changing something you are not supposed to change. The compiler can also use the const modifier to make certain assumptions used for optimization, e.g. that the content of an object is unchanged across calling a function which takes a const pointer to the object.If you seem to have to cast away a const pointer to avoid compiler warnings it is most likely because something is wrong somewhere.
thnx for bringing that up. the full scenario is etk_entry_text_get() returns a const char*. ecore_config_string_set, takes a char*,i have to pass the value returned from etk_entry_text_get() to ecore_config_string_set(), if i use one variable, there will be warnings anyhow i do it:
/*warning by ecore_config_string_set*/ const char * try1 etk_entry_text_get(...); ecore_config_string_set(key, try1); /*warning by etk_entry_text_get*/ char* try2 etk_entry_text_get(...); ecore_config_string_set(key, try2);that's why i did that. anyways... what's the best way to do this? or just ignore it? its a trivial warning *i tink*
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