Re: [c-ares] Re: [PATCH] Make pointed-to ares_options data const

On Thu, 17 May 2007, Brad House wrote:

> We're not talking about 'receivers' here. You're talking about making
> an API break for people who are using this structure. I didn't define
> the structure, but changing the members arbitrarily to const doesn't
> make any sense for maintaining compatibility regardless of how much
> 'easier' it is for you.

I completely agree and I don't see any point in breaking the API (and possibly
even ABI) without a better reason than what has been given here.

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