Re: [PATCH v2 00/19] Compile with `-Wwrite-strings`

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 31, 2024, 09:13 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqle3qjqdk.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1717073346.git.ps@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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>      @@ reftable/readwrite_test.c: static void test_write_key_order(void)
>     + 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
>     + 	struct reftable_writer *w =
>       		reftable_new_writer(&strbuf_add_void, &noop_flush, &buf, &opts);
>     ++	char a[] = "a", b[] = "b", target[] = "target";

So you decided to go in the complete opposite direction, hmph...

I was hoping that we do not add more "writable" pieces of memory like target[] only to please the constness-strict compilers.

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