linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 10/12] string: factorize skip_spaces and export it to be generally available

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Date:	Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:33:29 +0100
From:	Anders Larsen <al@...rsen.net>
To:	André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>
Cc:	linux list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 10/12] string: factorize skip_spaces and export it to
 be generally available

On 2009-11-15 08:15:03, André Goddard Rosa wrote:
> +char *skip_spaces(const char *str)
> +{
> +	while (isspace(*str))
> +		++str;
> +	return (char *)str;
> +}

Is there a good reason why the parameter 'str' is declared 'const'
when skip_spaces() returns a non-const pointer into str ?

Cheers
Anders
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