Re: GNOME CVS: gnome-common kmaraas

[Lars Wirzenius <liw iki fi>]

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> > >   -       inp_text = strndup (inp_text, inp_text_limit);
> > >   +      (char *)inp_text = strndup (inp_text, inp_text_limit);

Lvalue casts are not allowed by the C language. Some compilers
extend the language by allowing them, but use of this feature
is a terribly bad idea.

> I get a warning waying 'assignment makes pointer from integer without
> a cast'.

This almost certainly means that as far as the compiler knows, strndup
returns an int, not a pointer. That is, a declaration for strndup
is missing.

Lars, formerly a language lawer wannabe on comp.lang.c :)

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