Re: const versus __attribute__((const))

[H. Peter Anvin]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > In some ways, this is rather unfortunate, too.  What it really means is
> > that the gcc "m" constraint is overloaded; it would have been better if
> > they would have created a new modifier (say "*") for "must be lvalue."
>
>
> The thing is, most users of "m" (like 99%) actually mean "_THIS_ memory
> location". So just fixing the "m" modifier was an easy way to make sure
> that users get the behaviour they expect.

Agreed.  It's just a bit ugly that the "m" in "rm" has a different 
meaning than just "m".

	-hpa

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