8.x: timer.c/timer.h different prototype for void *pvTimerGetTimerID( const TimerHandle_t xTimer )

Hi out there, just moving from 8.2.0 to 8.2.1. Again (as it was in 8.2.0 already) my IAR complains about different definitions (the missing “const“) of: (timers.c) void vTimerSetTimerID( const TimerHandle_t xTimer, void *pvNewID ) and *(timers.h) void *pvTimerGetTimerID( TimerHandle_t xTimer ) PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION; So: is this intentionally and I do not get it? or is this a glitch? Its easy to “repair” by adding the “const” into the timer.h but anyway I want to ask… 🙂 Happy tasking, Stephan

8.x: timer.c/timer.h different prototype for void *pvTimerGetTimerID( const TimerHandle_t xTimer )

Thanks for pointing this out. The vTimerSetTimerID() function is new. Intended to allow ‘timer local storage’ so that a value can be passed between subsequent calls to the timer’s callback function. It isn’t actually documented yet. I think the ‘set’ function should not have a const. It compiles with the const because the const is effectively cast away – but that is not good practice. So that has been removed. The ‘get’ function should have a const in both places. These changes have been made in the head revision – but not yet checked in. Regards.

8.x: timer.c/timer.h different prototype for void *pvTimerGetTimerID( const TimerHandle_t xTimer )

thanks a lot and have a nice day!