passing *char parameters by reference

[Karl Heuer]

In article <660050 at hpclwjm.HP.COM> walter at hpclwjm.HP.COM (Walter Murray) writes:
>If you use function prototypes, an ANSI-conforming compiler will also
>catch this kind of error.

Or it might silently "fix" it by doing an automatic conversion from the actual
argument type to the formal parameter type.  Hopefully, any reasonable ANSI C
compiler will at least have an option to warn about such constructs.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint