Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:59:21 -0800
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
To:        "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" <wundram@beenic.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OT: Stream structures in bzlib and zlib
Message-ID:  <47BE2C79.1080203@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200802211053.16113.wundram@beenic.net>
References:  <200802211053.16113.wundram@beenic.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote:
> Hey all!
> 
> I'm currently working on a project using zlib and bzlib, and I'm currently 
> slightly stomped by the fact that both define the input buffer in their 
> stream structure as non-const.

I think they're not defined as const just to maintain
compatibility with old and/or broken compilers.

libarchive treats them as const and has never had any
problems from this.

Cheers,

Tim Kientzle



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?47BE2C79.1080203>