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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:56:04 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: GCC 3.x and bcopy
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Does the v2.03 refresh correct the problem with bcopy?  Our prototype 
says it returns a `void *' (and bcopy's code indeed behaves like that), 
but GCC's built-in bcopy returns nothing.  This causes warnings in any 
program that includes string.h and is compiled by GCC 3.x without -ansi.

I'd like to avoid the flood of FAQs about this, if it's possible.

The cure is simple: modify the prototype in string.h, and change bcopy.c 
to not return anything.