Function prototypes

[Jimpolar]

Well I have a design question in regards to using
const char * for data that I am not modifying
that I pass to a function.

Given this prototype:
int mvprintw(int y, int x, char *fmt [, arg] ...);

for the format string it wants the type pointer to char
but I have a wrapper around this function and the wrapper's
prototype for the format string is const char *

I don't really want to use char * because I am not modifying
the contents of the format string, ever.

Any suggestions on what I should do? seems the only solution
is to use char * for my wrapper but I could cast, however
this is even more revolting than just using char *.


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[Ben Pfaff]

Given this prototype:
int mvprintw(int y, int x, char *fmt [, arg] ...);

for the format string it wants the type pointer to char
but I have a wrapper around this function and the wrapper's
prototype for the format string is const char *

I don't really want to use char * because I am not modifying
the contents of the format string, ever.

Assuming that mvprintw doesn't actually modify 'fmt', I'd just
use a cast.

 

[Keith Thompson]

Well I have a design question in regards to using [snip]
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