> 
> Can someone please explain to me the significance of
> 
> __P in the source code of NetBSD

[snipped one of many examples]

> What is the __P?

In /usr/include/sys/ctypes.h, __P is defined either as ()
or as protos  (__P(protos)). If we aren't using an ansi C
compiler, then we can't use prototypes, so all the __P
macros make the prototypes disapear.

Take care,

Bill