mtext__cat_data ((mt), (unsigned char *) (str), strlen (str), \
MTEXT_FORMAT_US_ASCII)
-extern MText *mtext__from_data (void *data, int nitems,
+extern MText *mtext__from_data (const void *data, int nitems,
enum MTextFormat format, int need_copy);
extern void mtext__adjust_format (MText *mt, enum MTextFormat format);