two dimensional array of const chars Warning

[Erick Branderhorst]

Hi,
 
Have been trying to compile a piece of code containing a two dimensional
array of constant char arrays (i.e. a three dimensional array of const
chars). The most recent snapshot of the egcs compiler (and all older
versions of gcc) warn about a incompatible pointer type. Removing the
`const' will not show a warning, however the `const' makes more visible
what kind of array this is, and that the function will not change it.

Below a piece of code which will show the warning.

Erick & Henk

#include <stdio.h>

#define l_row      2
#define l_col      3
#define l_str_size 4

static void p_str_table_print( const char str_table[l_row][l_col][l_str_size] )
/*                             *****      */
{
   int row ;
   int col ;

   for ( row = 0; row < l_row; row++ )
   {
      for ( col = 0; col < l_col; col++ )
      {
	 printf( "%3s", str_table[row][col] ) ;
      }

      printf( "\n" ) ;
   }
}

int main( void )
{
   char str_table[l_row][l_col][l_str_size] =
   {
      {"1a","1b","1c" },
      {"2a","2b","2c" }
   } ;

   printf( "print table...\n" ) ;

   p_str_table_print( str_table ) ;

   printf( "done.\n" ) ;

   return 0 ;
}