Subject: Re: K&R vs. ANSI call conventions (was Re: a new KNF)
To: Noriyuki Soda <soda@sra.co.jp>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 02/17/2000 11:21:36
On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Noriyuki Soda wrote:

: Functions which use integral types smaller than int as argements,
: or functions which use float as arguments cannot be called from
: C source which doesn't correctly include header files which define
: prototypes of the functions.
: This is the problem, isn't it?

This is already broken, as the shared C library is ALREADY ANSI CODE, thanks
to the gcc extension of ANSI prototypes with K&R functions.

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-- Todd Vierling (tv@pobox.com)