[Bug libc/2962] New: const in iconv arg 2

["gin at mo dot msk dot ru" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

Versions: all known, from 2.2.4 to 2.4.  This is why leaving version
unspecified.

`iconv' arg 2 is documented and declared in `iconv.h' to be `char
**__restrict', not `const char **' as
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/iconv.html>
specifies.  In addition to differing with this standard, it is also
incompatibility with other `iconv' implementation, including one in
gnu `libiconv' as configured by default when no other `iconv'
implementation is installed, which uses `const char **' in this case.
(It will cause build error if application is compiled with `-Werror'
or equivalent.)

Certainly can have applications configure themselves to adapt to such
incompatibilities.  And better not to put such a burden on everybody
using `iconv', at least when switching between just 2 implementations
from the same project.

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           Summary: const in iconv arg 2
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: gin at mo dot msk dot ru
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2962

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