[Cython] Constant pointers not working

[Robert Bradshaw]

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
> Volker Mische, 08.04.2013 13:43:
>> On 04/02/2013 07:20 PM, Volker Mische wrote:
>>> On 03/22/2013 02:47 PM, Volker Mische wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I was excited to see that 'const' is finally supported, but constant
>>>> pointers are not. Here's an example with the corresponding error:
>>>>
>>>> Error compiling Cython file:
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ...
>>>> cdef extern int foo(const int *const bar)
>>>>                                     ^
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> const.pxd:1:37: Expected ')', found 'bar'
>>>
>>> I tried to implement it myself, please let me know if that's the way to
>>> go: https://github.com/cython/cython/pull/203
>>
>> I revive that this thread as I did another change, that hasn't seen any
>> review. I thought about waiting a few days, but then I read that the
>> 0.19b1 was tagged and I would like to see this change merged before the
>> final 0.19. Though I don't know if that's possible with Cython's release
>> procedure.
>
> The beta-cycle is there to get rid of bugs and find problems before the
> release.
>
>
>> The pull request is here: https://github.com/cython/cython/pull/204
>>
>> With that one merged I got rid of all warnings I got when using a
>> library that makes heavy use of consts.
>
> Your change looks like a fix to me (i.e. should go in), but I'll leave it
> to Robert to decide as he's written the 'const' support code.\

Merged.

- Robert