PyImport_AppendInittab() took a char * as a first argument even though that

string was stored beyond the life of the call. Changed the signature to be
const char * to help make this point.

Closes issue #1419652.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

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+- Issue #1419652: Change the first argument to PyImport_AppendInittab() to
+  ``const char *`` as the string is stored beyond the call.
+
 - Some PyBytes_* aliases have been removed because they don't exist in 3.x.
 
 - Issue #5175: PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong now raises OverflowError