From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Jun 18 20:19:40 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4F010656C9
	for <current@freebsd.org>; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:19:40 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk)
Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [130.225.244.222])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0BCC8FC18
	for <current@freebsd.org>; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:19:40 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [192.168.61.3])
	by phk.freebsd.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E06D901A8;
	Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:19:39 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by critter.freebsd.dk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o5IKJcoL028257;
	Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:19:39 GMT (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk)
To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:55:38 -0400."
	<201006181955.o5IJtcVY095611@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> 
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:19:38 +0000
Message-ID: <28256.1276892378@critter.freebsd.dk>
Sender: phk@critter.freebsd.dk
Cc: des@des.no, current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: [CFT] BSDL iconv in base system 
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
	<freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:19:41 -0000

In message <201006181955.o5IJtcVY095611@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollma
n writes:

>In general, the addition of "const" to C in 1989 was a bit of a botch: [...]

>That's water under the bridge now, of course.

Does that sentiment mean that it will not be fixed it in C1X ?

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.