Date:	Thu, 15 Sep 1994 13:11:50 -0400
From:	davis AT amy DOT tch DOT harvard DOT edu ("John E. Davis")
To:	dj AT ctron DOT com
Subject:	Re: Silly question
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

>> 
>>    extern int something (const char **);
>
>I had this problem.  The correct prototype is this:
>
>	extern int something (char * const *);
>
>See <process.h> for examples.

   You hit it exactly.  I am still using 1.11 and the system calls I was
referring to are those listed in  process.h.  In that file, the prototypes
are of the form:

    extern int something (const char **);
    
So are you saying that these have been changed in 1.12 to read:

    extern int something (char * const *);
    
which is a ``pointer to a constant pointer to a char'' which is compatable
with borland's:

    extern int something (char *argv[]);
    
Thanks,
--John

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