From:	Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: err
Date:	Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:56:34 +0100
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Hello.

Martell wrote:
> passing 'const * char' as argument 5 of 'my_func(short int, short int,
> short int, short int, unsigned char *)' discards qualifiers
> 
> what does this error mean?

It means that the 'const' part of the 'const char *' part is being
discarded within the function. You are also doing a conversion for a char
to an unsigned char. You may not mind the 'const' being ignored, but you
should be careful with the char -> unsigned char conversion (signed vs.
unsigned problems).

Hope this helps, bye,

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Richard Dawe
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