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@ 2023-02-16 15:12 Tom Tromey
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From: Tom Tromey @ 2023-02-16 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gdb-patches; +Cc: Tom Tromey

Unlike the other *_main_name functions, ada_main_name returns a
non-const "char *".  This is strange, though, because the caller
should not in fact modify or free this pointer.  This patch changes
this function to constify its return type.
---
 gdb/ada-lang.c | 4 ++--
 gdb/ada-lang.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/ada-lang.c b/gdb/ada-lang.c
index ec85729042f..b5afba30b4f 100644
--- a/gdb/ada-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/ada-lang.c
@@ -805,8 +805,8 @@ ada_update_initial_language (enum language lang)
    The result is good until the next call.  Return NULL if the main
    procedure doesn't appear to be in Ada.  */
 
-char *
-ada_main_name (void)
+const char *
+ada_main_name ()
 {
   struct bound_minimal_symbol msym;
   static gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> main_program_name;
diff --git a/gdb/ada-lang.h b/gdb/ada-lang.h
index f018b2465f5..339c151798e 100644
--- a/gdb/ada-lang.h
+++ b/gdb/ada-lang.h
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ extern enum ada_renaming_category ada_parse_renaming (struct symbol *,
 
 extern void ada_find_printable_frame (frame_info_ptr fi);
 
-extern char *ada_main_name (void);
+extern const char *ada_main_name ();
 
 extern void create_ada_exception_catchpoint
   (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, enum ada_exception_catchpoint_kind ex_kind,
-- 
2.39.1


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