Issue #28761: The fields name and doc of structures PyMemberDef, PyGetSetDef,

PyStructSequence_Field, PyStructSequence_Desc, and wrapperbase are now of
type "const char *" rather of "char *".

Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst

@@ -725,10 +725,10 @@ type objects) *must* have the :attr:`ob_size` field.
       typedef int (*setter)(PyObject *, PyObject *, void *);
 
       typedef struct PyGetSetDef {
-          char *name;    /* attribute name */
+          const char *name; /* attribute name */
           getter get;       /* C function to get the attribute */
           setter set;       /* C function to set or delete the attribute */
-          char *doc;     /* optional doc string */
+          const char *doc;  /* optional doc string */
           void *closure;    /* optional additional data for getter and setter */
       } PyGetSetDef;
 

Doc/extending/newtypes.rst

@@ -1138,11 +1138,11 @@ in the instance.  A variety of primitive C types are supported, and access may
 be read-only or read-write.  The structures in the table are defined as::
 
    typedef struct PyMemberDef {
-       char *name;
+       const char *name;
        int         type;
        int         offset;
        int         flags;
-       char *doc;
+       const char *doc;
    } PyMemberDef;
 
 For each entry in the table, a :term:`descriptor` will be constructed and added to the

Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst

@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ Build and C API Changes
   of libffi is now required when building ``_ctypes`` on such platforms.
   Contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`27979`.
 
+* The fields :c:member:`name` and :c:member:`doc` of structures
+  :c:type:`PyMemberDef`, :c:type:`PyGetSetDef`,
+  :c:type:`PyStructSequence_Field`, :c:type:`PyStructSequence_Desc`,
+  and :c:type:`wrapperbase` are now of type ``const char *`` rather of
+  ``char *``.  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`28761`.)
+
 
 Deprecated
 ==========

Include/descrobject.h

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ typedef PyObject *(*getter)(PyObject *, void *);
 typedef int (*setter)(PyObject *, PyObject *, void *);
 
 typedef struct PyGetSetDef {
-    char *name;
+    const char *name;
     getter get;
     setter set;
-    char *doc;
+    const char *doc;
     void *closure;
 } PyGetSetDef;
 
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ typedef PyObject *(*wrapperfunc_kwds)(PyObject *self, PyObject *args,
                                       void *wrapped, PyObject *kwds);
 
 struct wrapperbase {
-    char *name;
+    const char *name;
     int offset;
     void *function;
     wrapperfunc wrapper;
-    char *doc;
+    const char *doc;
     int flags;
     PyObject *name_strobj;
 };

Include/structmember.h

@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ extern "C" {
    pointer is NULL. */
 
 typedef struct PyMemberDef {
-    char *name;
+    const char *name;
     int type;
     Py_ssize_t offset;
     int flags;
-    char *doc;
+    const char *doc;
 } PyMemberDef;
 
 /* Types */

Include/structseq.h

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 typedef struct PyStructSequence_Field {
-    char *name;
-    char *doc;
+    const char *name;
+    const char *doc;
 } PyStructSequence_Field;
 
 typedef struct PyStructSequence_Desc {
-    char *name;
-    char *doc;
+    const char *name;
+    const char *doc;
     struct PyStructSequence_Field *fields;
     int n_in_sequence;
 } PyStructSequence_Desc;

Misc/NEWS

@@ -432,6 +432,10 @@ Windows
 C API
 -----
 
+- Issue #28761: The fields name and doc of structures PyMemberDef, PyGetSetDef,
+  PyStructSequence_Field, PyStructSequence_Desc, and wrapperbase are now of
+  type "const char *" rather of "char *".
+
 - Issue #28748: Private variable _Py_PackageContext is now of type "const char *"
   rather of "char *".
 

Objects/structseq.c

@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ structseq_reduce(PyStructSequence* self)
     }
 
     for (; i < n_fields; i++) {
-        char *n = Py_TYPE(self)->tp_members[i-n_unnamed_fields].name;
+        const char *n = Py_TYPE(self)->tp_members[i-n_unnamed_fields].name;
         if (PyDict_SetItemString(dict, n, self->ob_item[i]) < 0)
             goto error;
     }