Re: [gamin] FAMCancelMonitor - definition should contain const

[Michael Tautschnig <michael tautschnig zt-consulting com>]

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>  the fam.h header from the original SGI distribution states:
>
> int FAMCancelMonitor(FAMConnection *fc, const FAMRequest *fr);
>
> and
>
> This routine will free the FAMRequest structure that is passed in.
>
> So yes it seems you are right, but this just violates the API as described !
What API would it violate? gamin's own?

> I note that libgamin does *not* free the structure passed because it did
> break FAM compatibility .... And should not modify it either, so technically
> speaking this is right.

Doesn't this kind of definition break FAM-compatibility? I don't really 
get the point, why this has not been defined "const" - actually this 
breaks applications such as "fileschanged" ...

Thanks,
Michael