Subject: Re: Why does mode_t need 32 bits?
To: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/30/1997 13:40:51
> It usually works well to declare functions with arguments having
> the actual type you expect after any promotion.  Would that cause
> some problem in this case?  i.e.: int umask(int);

That (and similar constructions) don't satisfy the prototypes required
by standards, for one thing...


cgd