Re: new compiler warnings

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-01-27T01:08:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> I can remove this warning by casting the pointer to (void *), rather
> than (const void *) because that is what the prototype uses on my system
> uses (libz.so.1.1.4):

> 	ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT    gzwrite OF((gzFile file,
> 	                   const voidp buf, unsigned len));

BTW, I don't understand why that fixes it for you either.  As you can
see, gzwrite *is* declared with const.  The reason why you're getting a
warning is that zconf.h #define's const as nothing unless it thinks
you're on an ANSI compiler (and the difference between 1.1.4 and 1.2.3
is mostly that the former's test for ANSI-ness is brain dead).  But if
you're compiling that #define then const or lack of it should mean
nothing to you.

			regards, tom lane