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Article #1855Re: prototypes required ?
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 1990 16:52
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 1990 16:52
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In article <PDS.90Oct17103016@lemming.webo.dg.com> pds@lemming.webo.dg.com (Paul D. Smith) writes: >I see no reason you could just not prototype anything, however: > int printf(); >This should cause no problems. No, that's wrong. As point of contact when the <stdarg.h> macros were being worked out, I received many examples of implementations where such a declaration would result in the wrong code being generated for linkage to a variable-argument function. This is reflected in the requirements for strict program conformance in the C standard; the above declaration is not strictly conforming, and it does matter.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: prototypes required ? Message-ID: <14183@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 18 Oct 90 16:52:14 GMT References: <4026@otis.oakhill.UUCP> <PDS.90Oct17103016@lemming.webo.dg.com> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 11