Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bingvaxu!leah!albanycs!steinmetz!uunet!vsi!friedl From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Thoughts on `const' parameters Message-ID: <965@vsi.COM> Date: 6 Dec 88 18:25:32 GMT References: <957@vsi.COM> <9027@smoke.BRL.MIL> Distribution: comp Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 15 In article <957@vsi.COM> friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) writes: < P.S. - did anybody consider putting `index' and `rindex' into the standard? In article <9027@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes: < Not for very long. They have been obsolete since 1980, although < systems based on obsolete C technology (such as 4BSD) continue to < provide them. Use strchr() and strrchr() instead. OK, does BSD have strchr() and strrchr()? Which versions of BSD? -- Stephen J. Friedl 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com V-Systems, Inc. attmail!vsi!friedl Santa Ana, CA USA +1 714 545 6442 {backbones}!vsi!friedl Nancy Reagan on my new '89 Mustang GT Convertible: "Just say WOW!"