Re: MinGW port

[Nils Durner]

Hi,

first of all, sorry for the late reply.

>> - execv (exec_file, exec_argv);
>> + execv (exec_file,
>> +#ifdef __MINGW32__
>> + (const char * const *)
>> +#endif
>> + exec_argv);
>
> Thanks for the patch, but do you understand exactly what the
> Win32/MinGW compiler is complaining about?
No, I don't.
IMHO, gcc treats "const char *const *" wrong.

> I thought it was generally
> OK to pass a non-const value to a function whose corresponding
> parameter is declared as const.
Right.

The sample code for execv() at
   
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vccore98/HTML/_crt__execv.2c_._wexecv.asp
triggers the same warning with GCC.
I have no access to a Visual C compiler ATM, but I doubt MS' sample code
causes warnings with their compiler.


Regards,

Nils