good catch Jason...and your right (yes it is constant)..
I will fix things like this before the last draft for the rfc editor.
I will find someone to go talk to austin. I don't now that I am at nokia.
but I still know the austin folks.
/jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Jason R Thorpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday,February 16,2001 2:07 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: definition of gai_strerror()
>
>
> In section 6.1, draft-ietf-ipngwg-rfc2553bis-03.txt defines
> gai_strerror() as:
>
> char *gai_strerror(int ecode);
>
> Is it intended that gai_strerror() return writeable strings, or are
> they intended to be string constants? If the latter, then it seems
> prudent to change the definition to:
>
> const char *gai_strerror(int ecode);
>
> ...and if we do want to change it, then we should notify the POSIX
> guys ASAP.
>
> --
> -- Jason R. Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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