const_cast in ExtFieldFinfo.h::strSet()

Created by: subhacom

ExtFieldFinfo is a new finfo to add new fields, dynamically, by addfield command. The strSet function, in ExtFieldFinfo, is const function, whose function is to set the value of a private variable. We also need to see that this added field is able to connect to other standard fields.

Currently, this has been handled by doing a const_cast.

Reported by: raameshd

Created by: subhacom

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• assigned_to: nobody --> bhalla
• status: open --> closed

Original comment by: upibhalla

Created by: subhacom

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This is indeed ugly, but seems legitimate. The idea is that the data value is normally stored at a location other than the Finfo, and we normally do not modify finfos. This is why all their access functions return Const Finfo* But for ExtFieldFinfo we keep the field data in the finfo itself.

Original comment by: upibhalla