Richard, On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > On 8/26/17, Igor Korot <ikoro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> Is there a reason why the aforementioned function returns "const unsigned >> char *" instead of just "const char *"? > > This is due to some bad planning that occurred about 15 years ago, but > which must be carried forward to preserve 100% API compatibility.
It happens to the best of us. ;-) Compatibility rules and it has to be preserved. > >> >> Will I miss anything if I cast out "unsigned"? > > No. Understood. Thank you. > > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
