Patches item #1867738, was opened at 2008-01-09 16:25 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=478072&aid=1867738...

Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: puredata Group: bugfix Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: IOhannes m zmölnig (zmoelnig) Assigned to: Miller Puckette (millerpuckette) Summary: [FIX] gensym() should use "const char*"

Initial Comment: gensym is currently defined as "t_symbol *gensym(char *s);"

this leads to numerous warnings when compiling C++-externals, since C++ treats literals (strings) as "const char*".

e.g. gensym("hello"); yields and a warning "warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'"

the fix for this is simple and makes total sense, since gensym() does not need to modify the passed string. just use: t_symbol *gensym(const char *s);

the attached patch does this (it additionally applies the same to the dogensym() function in m_class.c

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