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Re: change signature of shquotev(3) ?
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 06:46:58AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
> Currently, shquotev() is declared as ...
>
> size_t shquotev(int argc, char * const *argv, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
This is sadly the canonical way to do it. With C cast rules, you can't
win in this case. While C++ allows casts from char ** -> const char *
const * in some cases, C compilers will bitch about it. __UNCONST is
your friend.
Joerg
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