From 4d0f49d2a2eed1756b7ee03a6ce8ad458f80329f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Darryl L. Miles" <darryl.miles@darrylmiles.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:01:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] database: DBTypeShortName() return const char *

---
 database/DBtechname.c  | 8 ++++----
 database/database.h.in | 2 +-
 drc/DRCprint.c         | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/database/DBtechname.c b/database/DBtechname.c
index 3b4291ca..c3d0188e 100644
--- a/database/DBtechname.c
+++ b/database/DBtechname.c
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@ DBTechNoisyNamePlane(planename)
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-char *
-DBTypeShortName(type)
-    TileType type;
+const char *
+DBTypeShortName(
+    TileType type)
 {
-    NameList *tbl;
+    const NameList *tbl;
 
     for (tbl = dbTypeNameLists.sn_next;
 	    tbl != &dbTypeNameLists;
diff --git a/database/database.h.in b/database/database.h.in
index 2496263b..cc507163 100644
--- a/database/database.h.in
+++ b/database/database.h.in
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ extern PlaneMask	DBTypePlaneMaskTbl[TT_MAXTYPES];
 extern char		*DBTypeLongNameTbl[TT_MAXTYPES];
 
     /* Gives a short name for a tile type: */
-extern char		*DBTypeShortName();
+extern const char	*DBTypeShortName(TileType type);
 
     /*
      * The following give masks of all planes that may be affected
diff --git a/drc/DRCprint.c b/drc/DRCprint.c
index f93daaac..0cf1025a 100644
--- a/drc/DRCprint.c
+++ b/drc/DRCprint.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static char rcsid[] __attribute__ ((unused)) = "$Header: /usr/cvsroot/magic-8.0/
 #include "drc/drc.h"
 
 extern char *maskToPrint();
-extern char *DBTypeShortName();
+extern const char *DBTypeShortName(TileType type);
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------