Re: [PATCH 1/5] mtd: st_spi_fsm: Remove useless consts from function arguments

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 05:41 -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> I also don't think that a function parameter is the right place to
> mark const like this. Function arguments are always pass-by-value, so
> this 'const' tells users (callers) nothing useful. It only provides
> useless constraints on what the function can do with its copy of the
> parameter.

Again, that's not useless information.

And as you've seen, just making these changes
can be error prone.


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