Re: constify dirname/basename [was: CVS commit: src]

[der Mouse <mouse%Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA@localhost>]

>>> SUSv3 says that both functions "may modify the string pointed to by
>>> path" (the argument to those functions).  While our implementations
>>> don't do that, are we OK by the standards to now declare those
>>> functions as having a const argument?
>> I can't see why not.
> It means user-space code redclaring the function will now get an
> incompatible redclaration error.

User code that redeclares the function will get an even more mysterious
error if it happens to be `defined' as a macro instead (well, for most
macros).  Isn't the implementation permitted to define most functions
as macros instead (with real functions available, of course)?

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