On Sat, 22 Jan 2000 17:00:08 +0000 
 Julian Coleman <J.D.Coleman@newcastle.ac.uk> wrote:

 > Well, I think it's strange that the spec. has printf() taking `const char *'
 > and printw() (which calls printf() without modifying the format string) taking
 > `char *'.  I'm not averse to changing it back.  Does it matter if it doesn't
 > meet the spec. (one of the goals we have with the curses overhaul is to meet
 > SUSv2)?

In this case, I'm almost positive that there won't be any adverse effects
to having the prototype be a const char *.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>