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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 02/13] hrtimer: remove useless const
    Hi,

    On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:

    > const arguments to functions are pretty useful for code readability and
    > maintainability too, if you use them consistently.

    I could understand that argument, if gcc would warn about it in any way.
    The const in function prototypes are completely useless and have no effect
    on the compiler output. Only for the local variables it seems to make a
    small difference with gcc3, but even here AFAICT only for already complex
    functions.

    bye, Roman
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