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bcmp, bcopy, bzero


Speaking of ex FUN!  in string.h we define: 

int      _EXFUN(bcmp,(const char *, const char *, size_t));
void     _EXFUN(bcopy,(const char *, char *, size_t));
void     _EXFUN(bzero,(char *, size_t));

but both linux and netbsd use:
int      _EXFUN(bcmp,(const void *, const void *, size_t));
void     _EXFUN(bcopy,(const void *, void *, size_t));
void     _EXFUN(bzero,(void *, size_t));


which does seem more appropriate for the definitions.  The "cons char *,
causes the need for endless casts in some programs I'm porting.  Could
I propose that we pick up the definition that the other OS's use.  What
is thetechnical reason for our choices.
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