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Re: why are we not using const?

On 27/06/06, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote: 
Well, const functions are nonstandard, and gcc itself is written in
Standard C so they can't be used.  But As for const args, I can't see
any good reason not to use them, and there are 400 uses in gcc.


I meant const arguments, sorry for the confusion.  What about: 'const'
applied to trees, for example:

void foo(const tree type, const tree expr)

Perhaps there is some drawback there?

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