1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/terminfo.c b/src/terminfo.c
index 905a8edacc7..c0418984efa 100644
--- a/src/terminfo.c
+++ b/src/terminfo.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #include <config.h>
+#include "tparam.h"
+
 #include <setjmp.h>
 #include "lisp.h"
 
@@ -33,18 +35,19 @@ char *UP, *BC, PC;
    format is different too.
 */
 
+extern char *tparm (const char *str, ...);
+
+
 char *
-tparam (char *string, char *outstring,
-        int len, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3, int arg4,
-        int arg5, int arg6, int arg7, int arg8, int arg9)
+tparam (const char *string, char *outstring, int len,
+        int arg1, int arg2, int arg3, int arg4)
 {
   char *temp;
-  extern char *tparm (char *str, ...);
 
-  temp = tparm (string, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9);
-  if (outstring == 0)
-    outstring = ((char *) (xmalloc ((strlen (temp)) + 1)));
-  strcpy (outstring, temp);
-  return outstring;
-}
+  /* Emacs always should pass a null OUTSTRING and zero LEN.  */
+  if (outstring || len)
+    abort ();
 
+  temp = tparm (string, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4);
+  return xstrdup (temp);
+}