* ada-lang.c (ada_read_renaming_var_value): Pass const

	pointer to expression string to parse_exp_1.
	(create_excep_cond_exprs): Likewise.
	* ax-gdb.c (agent_eval_command_one): Likewise.
	(maint_agent_printf_command): Likewise.
	Constify much of the string handling/parsing.
	* breakpoint.c (set_breakpoint_condition): Pass const
	pointer to expression string to parse_exp_1.
	(update_watchpoint): Likewise.
	(parse_cmd_to_aexpr): Constify string handling.
	Pass const pointer to parse_exp_1.
	(init_breakpoint_sal): Pass const pointer to parse_exp_1.
	(find_condition_and_thread): Likewise.
	Make TOK const.
	(watch_command_1): Make "arg" const.
	Constify string handling.
	Copy the expression string instead of changing the input
	string.
	(update_breakpoint_location): Pass const pointer to
	parse_exp_1.
	* eval.c (parse_and_eval_address): Make "exp" const.
	(parse_to_comma_and_eval): Make "expp" const.
	(parse_and_eval): Make "exp" const.
	* expression.h (parse_expression): Make argument const.
	(parse_exp_1): Make first argument const.
	* findcmd.c (parse_find_args): Treat "args" as const.
	* linespec.c (parse_linespec): Pass const pointer to
	linespec_expression_to_pc.
	(linespec_expression_to_pc): Make "exp_ptr" const.
	* parse.c (parse_exp_1): Make "stringptr" const.
	Make a copy of the expression to pass to parse_exp_in_context until
	this whole interface can be constified.
	(parse_expression): Make "string" const.
	* printcmd.c (ui_printf): Treat "arg" as const.
	Handle const strings.
	* tracepoint.c (validate_actionline): Pass const pointer to
	all calls to parse_exp_1.
	(encode_actions_1): Likewise.
	* value.h (parse_to_comma_and_eval): Make argument const.
	(parse_and_eval_address): Likewise.
	(parse_and_eval): Likewise.
	* varobj.c (varobj_create): Pass const pointer to parse_exp_1.
	(varobj_set_value): Likewise.
	* cli/cli-cmds.c (disassemble_command): Treat "arg" as const and
	constify string handling.
	Pass const pointers to parse_and_eval_address and
	parse_to_comman_and_eval.
	* cli/cli-utils.c (skip_to_space): Rename to ...
	(skip_to_space_const): ... this. Handle const strings.
	* cli/cli-utils.h (skip_to_space): Turn into macro which invokes
	skip_to_space_const.
	(skip_to_space_const): Declare.
	* common/format.c (parse_format_string): Make "arg" const.
	Handle const strings.
	* common/format.h (parse_format_string): Make "arg" const.
	* gdbserver/ax.c (ax_printf): Make "format" const.
	* python/python.c (gdbpy_parse_and_eval): Do not make a copy
	of the expression string.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/parse.c b/gdb/parse.c
index 09c378b98bb..4c84b2bc7af 100644
--- a/gdb/parse.c
+++ b/gdb/parse.c
@@ -1125,10 +1125,18 @@ prefixify_subexp (struct expression *inexpr,
    If COMMA is nonzero, stop if a comma is reached.  */
 
 struct expression *
-parse_exp_1 (char **stringptr, CORE_ADDR pc, const struct block *block,
+parse_exp_1 (const char **stringptr, CORE_ADDR pc, const struct block *block,
 	     int comma)
 {
-  return parse_exp_in_context (stringptr, pc, block, comma, 0, NULL);
+  struct expression *expr;
+  char *const_hack = *stringptr ? xstrdup (*stringptr) : NULL;
+  char *orig = const_hack;
+  struct cleanup *back_to = make_cleanup (xfree, const_hack);
+
+  expr = parse_exp_in_context (&const_hack, pc, block, comma, 0, NULL);
+  (*stringptr) += const_hack - orig;
+  do_cleanups (back_to);
+  return expr;
 }
 
 /* As for parse_exp_1, except that if VOID_CONTEXT_P, then
@@ -1264,7 +1272,7 @@ parse_exp_in_context (char **stringptr, CORE_ADDR pc, const struct block *block,
    to use up all of the contents of STRING.  */
 
 struct expression *
-parse_expression (char *string)
+parse_expression (const char *string)
 {
   struct expression *exp;