# add const to msghdr_const iov and control pointers · gitcafe/zig

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Requested revision: 523fae420bd569dc79153eb3a9adb176e18a115c

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Commit: 523fae420bd569dc79153eb3a9adb176e18a115c

Tree: 5012af9a953e6f24a88b77ca513b8bc367b7b38d

Author: Jonathan Marler

Committer: Andrew Kelley

## Message

```
add const to msghdr_const iov and control pointers

alongside the typical msghdr struct, Zig has added a msghdr_const
type that can be used with sendmsg which allows const data to
be provided.  I believe that data pointed to by the iov and control
fields in msghdr are also left unmodified, in which case they can
be marked const as well.

```

## Parents

- [e9fc58eab77d60dfb02155ff17178b496d75d035](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig/commit/e9fc58eab77d60dfb02155ff17178b496d75d035?format=markdown)

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