char* arguments in C API

[Erik Max Francis]

"Martin v. Löwis" wrote:

> Is there any chance that the "slightly stricter compiler" is a C++
> compiler, as opposed to being a C compiler? If not, which compiler
> is it, and what precisely is its message?

Even in C++, a special case for silent conversions of string literals to
char * is provided.  The code should compile fine on both C and C++
compilers.

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