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Article #2393Re: Strange behaviour with old-style code
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 1991 10:07
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 1991 10:07
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In article <1991Feb6.190607.11731@alias.uucp> rsargent@alias.UUCP (Richard Sargent) writes: >I have come across a compiler which does something very unusual >in its handling of old-style functions. Looks to me like the arguments are default-promoted to widened types, then assigned to local variables of the declared type in the function definition. This is exactly what is SUPPOSED to occur. What did you expect?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!clyde.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!purdue!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Strange behaviour with old-style code Message-ID: <15143@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 9 Feb 91 10:07:51 GMT References: <1991Feb6.190607.11731@alias.uucp> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 8