[openbeos] Re: Busticated posix/string.h?

Scott Mansfield <thephantom@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> As I put the finishing touches on the BNetEndpoint class I noticed 
> that 
> in our version of posix/string.h the strerror() function returns a 
> const char*, as opposed to the POSIX return type of char*.
> 
> While I think returning a const pointer in this case is a good thing 
> (can't tell you how many times I've crashed a system freeing memory I 
> don't own ... muahahahahahahaha) this just doesn't seem right.
> 
> So is this truly busticated; or were my Cheerios spiked with illicit 
> mind-altering substances?

Well, I have changed it to const (because it just feel better) - but I 
am aware that POSIX dictates a char * (it would be binary compatible, 
though).
We probably should stick to the POSIX standard, though, even if it 
doesn't make much sense...

Adios...
   Axel.

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