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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: RFC: use const struct block * in more places
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Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:48:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <87ehjggpqm.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> (Tom Tromey's message of "Mon,	26 Nov 2012 11:53:37 -0700")
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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

Tom> Since a block is read-only once it is fully initialized, I think it is
Tom> preferable to pass around 'const struct block *' in most places.
...
Tom> I plan to commit it in the absence of comments -- I have the vague
Tom> feeling that constification is somehow controversial in gdb, but maybe I
Tom> am mixing up my controversies.  I personally think it is valuable,
Tom> especially in gdb, because gdb has a number of "should-be-read-only"
Tom> data structures.

I'm checking this in now.

Tom