Index: /OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgPlugins/ply/plyfile.cpp
===================================================================
--- /OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgPlugins/ply/plyfile.cpp (revision 10012)
+++ /OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgPlugins/ply/plyfile.cpp (revision 10014)
@@ -1060,5 +1060,5 @@
 void ply_get_property(
   PlyFile *plyfile,
-  char *elem_name,
+  const char *elem_name,
   PlyProperty *prop
 )
Index: /OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgPlugins/ply/ply.h
===================================================================
--- /OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgPlugins/ply/ply.h (revision 10012)
+++ /OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgPlugins/ply/ply.h (revision 10014)
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@
 typedef struct PlyProperty {    /* description of a property */
 
-  char *name;                           /* property name */
+  const char *name;                           /* property name */
   int external_type;                    /* file's data type */
   int internal_type;                    /* program's data type */
@@ -151,5 +151,5 @@
 extern PlyProperty **ply_get_element_description(PlyFile *, char *, int*, int*);
 extern void ply_get_element_setup( PlyFile *, char *, int, PlyProperty *);
-extern void ply_get_property(PlyFile *, char *, PlyProperty *);
+extern void ply_get_property(PlyFile *, const char *, PlyProperty *);
 extern PlyOtherProp *ply_get_other_properties(PlyFile *, char *, int);
 extern void ply_get_element(PlyFile *, void *);