ap_strerror prototype (was: Re: My oh my)

[Greg Stein <gs...@lyra.org>]

On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Jeff Trawick wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Bill Stoddard wrote:
> > >...
> > > +1
> > > 
> > > on changing 
> > >     const char *ap_strerror(ap_status_t statcode, ap_pool_t *p)
> > > to
> > >     const char *ap_strerror(ap_status_t statcode, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
> > 
> > 
> > +1 here, too. Why? Read Ben's posts :-)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -g
> > 
> > -- 
> > Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
> 
> But why not "char *" instead of "const char *" since it is clearly the
> caller's buffer which is referenced by the return value?

Cuz I was just doing a "me too" on Bill's post :-)

+1 on the char * return-type change, too.


In other words, final prototype for ap_strerror:

     char *ap_strerror(ap_status_t statcode, char *buf, size_t bufsize);


Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/