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Article #5367Re: C function prototyping and large projects
From: Karl Heuer
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1988 19:09
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1988 19:09
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In article <432@thirdi.UUCP> peter@thirdi.UUCP (Peter Rowell) writes: >In article <1281@micomvax.UUCP> ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) writes: >>[Generate the prototypes automatically the first time,] then maintain the >>information manually as you would for any other global information. > ^^^^^^^^ >My experience shows that manual maintenance of this type of information, >if done incorrectly, can lead to [hard-to-find bugs]. The compiler should catch them, if the header which contains the prototype is also included in the module that defines the function itself. >Our solution ... During intense development cycles there can be quite a bit >of unnecessary reebuilds/recompiles, so we kill the dependencies and depend >on programmer knowledge of probable side effects. My experience shows that manual maintenance of this type of information, if done incorrectly, can lead to hard-to-find bugs. :-) Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!spdcc!ima!haddock!karl From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: C function prototyping and large projects Message-ID: <8032@haddock.ima.isc.com> Date: 23 Sep 88 19:09:41 GMT References: <24@motto.UUCP> <3511@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <1281@micomvax.UUCP> <432@thirdi.UUCP> Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston Lines: 19