[ On Wednesday, July 16, 2003 at 17:29:27 (+0100), David Laight wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: toolchain/22118: make won't compile with -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes and more
>
> With a limited number of casts in code it is relatively easy to spot
> ones that shouldn't be there.  As soon as you get the proliferation
> of casts required to remove implicit integral conversions the chance
> of spotting the odd, erronous one, is much, much, harder.

Not to mention the number of casts now required with Standard C to get
around the potential for lack of '-Wstrict-prototypes'.  Prototypes are
a good idea that was very poorly executed and now we live with the
consequences.

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