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[Isaac Dunham]

On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:18:59 +0900
Kyungwan Han <asura321 at gmail.com> wrote:

> And I find out that const char * is replaced with char *.
> I have a question here.
> Is there any special benefit?
> 
> or
> 
> Is it just about coding style?
> I could make better code next time, if somebody let me know it.

I forget where Landley commented on this, but he mentioned a few issues:
-tends to cascade and require extra copies.
-overly verbose
-although it supposedly allows extra optimizations, those optimizations don't really happen.

So it's mostly style, with a small effect on binary and source bloat.

HTH,
Isaac Dunham


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