"man memset" shows the following synopsis for the memset function:
#include <string.h>
void *memset(const void *DST, int C, size_t LENGTH);
The "const" on the first parameter is incorrect. The correct
prototype according to the C standard (both C90 and C99) is:
void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
(The differing parameter names are ok.)
The problem is only in the documentation; the actual declaration
doesn't have the const:
% echo '#include <string.h>' | gcc -E - | grep memset
void * __attribute__((__cdecl__)) memset (void *, int, size_t);
This was found by a poster on comp.lang.c calling himself
"Noob <r...@127.0.0.1>".
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