G'Day Paul,
 
-=> Quoting Paul Edwards to Frank Adam <=-
 FA> Paul was good enough to add the consts to it, but i don't understand
 FA> why would the local pointers have be constant.

 PE> The parameters are defined (by ISO) to be constant.  The local
Does this apply to all function parameters or just selected ones ?
 
 PE> I can't remember though - does the "const" in strstr() mean that
 PE> you aren't changing the data that the pointers point to, or that
 PE> you aren't changing the pointers themselves?  BFN.  Paul.
The pointers can be changed ++p p=p1, contents can't, *p='l' .

  L8r Frank (fadam{at}ozemail.com.au).
                                                
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