Eric Blake wrote: > According to POSIX, dirfd does not take a const argument. I'm applying this: ... > Subject: [PATCH] dirfd: fix prototype > > Fix prototype to match POSIX. > > * lib/dirent.in.h (dirfd): Argument is not const, per POSIX. > * lib/dirfd.c (dirfd): Likewise. ... > -extern int dirfd (DIR const *dir) _GL_ARG_NONNULL ((1)); > +extern int dirfd (DIR *dir) _GL_ARG_NONNULL ((1));
Do you know of any dirfd implementation that actually modifies the pointed-to buffer? I do not, and cannot imagine one that would. I would prefer to leave it "const" and to consider lobbying POSIX to permit the "const" declaration.
