[Gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 143472] - gst_tag_list_foreach() takes a non-const GstTagList*

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http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143472
GStreamer | gstreamer (core) | Ver: HEAD CVS





------- Additional Comments From ds at schleef.org  2004-06-06 16:18 -------
See the comment on gst_caps_get_structure().  The goal is to avoid making the
application do casts from a const pointer to a non-const pointer.

I don't mind having separate gst_blah() and gst_blah_const() functions, and with
a little creative programming, these can be aliased to the same code.  (In fact,
I consider such aliasing a requisite for doing it correctly.)

However, during a stable series, it's not wise to be doing such changes.  Just
because we _can_ add symbols or make backward-compatible changes doesn't mean we
_should_, since that means that applications need to depend on 0.8.2, instead of
just 0.8.0.  Arguably, they have to do this already, but I'd like to not make
the problem worse.

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