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Add the const qualifier to fields name and doc of public structs #72947

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serhiy-storchaka opened this issue Nov 21, 2016 · 4 comments
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Add the const qualifier to fields name and doc of public structs #72947

serhiy-storchaka opened this issue Nov 21, 2016 · 4 comments
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3.7 (EOL) end of life interpreter-core (Objects, Python, Grammar, and Parser dirs) type-feature A feature request or enhancement

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BPO 28761
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  • [Do Not Merge] Convert Misc/NEWS so that it is managed by towncrier #552
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labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature', '3.7']
title = 'Add the const qualifier to fields name and doc of public structs'
updated_at = <Date 2017-03-31.16:36:34.032>
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue28761'
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    Proposed patch makes the fields name and doc of structures PyMemberDef, PyGetSetDef, PyStructSequence_Field, PyStructSequence_Desc, and wrapperbase being of type "const char *" rather of "char *".

    These structures often are initialized as static variables and name and doc fields are initialized from literal strings. These fields are always refer to constant string literal, NULL, or readonly UTF8 representation of a Unicode object. They are never refer to mutable data. Changing the data referred by these pointers is an error. Adding the const qualifier makes clear that this is an immutable data.

    This change may need some changes in third-party code. But it needs to change only one line in CPython sources, and I believe that most third-party projects don't need any changes at all.

    @serhiy-storchaka serhiy-storchaka added 3.7 (EOL) end of life interpreter-core (Objects, Python, Grammar, and Parser dirs) type-feature A feature request or enhancement labels Nov 21, 2016
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    +1 from me. The only thing I noticed in the patch was that the issue number needs filling in now that you've filed it.

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    python-dev mannequin commented Nov 22, 2016

    New changeset 42b0ba372ec2 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'default':
    Issue bpo-28761: The fields name and doc of structures PyMemberDef, PyGetSetDef,
    https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/42b0ba372ec2

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    Thanks Nick.

    @ezio-melotti ezio-melotti transferred this issue from another repository Apr 10, 2022
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