From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 16:39:55 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D02EDAB1; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:39:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from theravensnest.org (theraven.freebsd.your.org [216.14.102.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "cloud.theravensnest.org", Issuer "StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D4443A1; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:39:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.17.156.35] (global-1-26.nat.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.184.26]) (authenticated bits=0) by theravensnest.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id sABGdkLe041780 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:39:48 GMT (envelope-from theraven@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: theravensnest.org: Host global-1-26.nat.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.184.26] claimed to be [172.17.156.35] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: svn commit: r274340 - in head/sys: crypto/rijndael dev/random geom/bde From: David Chisnall In-Reply-To: <20141111163105.GA69731@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:39:41 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <201411100944.sAA9icnN061962@svn.freebsd.org> <3C962D07-3AAF-42EA-9D3E-D8F6D9A812B0@FreeBSD.org> <86sihq5a2v.fsf@nine.des.no> <20141111223756.F3519@besplex.bde.org> <86oasd6dad.fsf@nine.des.no> <20141111163105.GA69731@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> To: Brooks Davis X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" , Bruce Evans , svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:39:55 -0000 On 11 Nov 2014, at 16:31, Brooks Davis wrote: > In general, we need to fix the C/C++ standard to us express the > things we actually mean when we use const (for example see strchr()'s > use of const). I believe the last issue now being tracked on Google's > internal list of deficiencies in the C++ standard. One of the reviewers for a paper involving this pointed me at Jeffrey = Foster's work on qualifier polymorphism for C, which would address these issues. Unfortunately, = this work is quite old and didn't make it into the standard. David