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Date:      Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:19:38 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
Cc:        des@des.no, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [CFT] BSDL iconv in base system 
Message-ID:  <28256.1276892378@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:55:38 -0400." <201006181955.o5IJtcVY095611@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> 

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In message <201006181955.o5IJtcVY095611@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollma
n writes:

>In general, the addition of "const" to C in 1989 was a bit of a botch: [...]

>That's water under the bridge now, of course.

Does that sentiment mean that it will not be fixed it in C1X ?

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