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Article #1872problem with function prototypes
From: "Karl Berry."
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1988 19:27
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1988 19:27
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This is gcc 1.30, on a Sun 3 running 3.4, and a Vax 750 running 4.3bsd.
This function matches its prototype. gcc claims it doesn't.
(The GhostScript code uses this kind of prototyping.)
void debug_print_string(unsigned char);
/* Print a string */
void
debug_print_string(x)
unsigned char x;
{
x = 10;
}
This produces the following:
gcc version 1.30
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-cpp -v -undef -D__GNU__ -D__GNUC__ -Dmc68000 -Dsun -Dunix -D__HAVE_68881__ -Dmc68020 /tmp/x.c /tmp/cca03378.cpp
GNU CPP version 1.30
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-cc1 /tmp/cca03378.cpp -quiet -dumpbase /tmp/x.c -version -o /tmp/cca03378.s
GNU C version 1.30 (68k, MIT syntax) compiled by GNU C version 1.30.
/tmp/x.c: In function debug_print_string:
/tmp/x.c:7: argument `x' doesn't match function prototype
The problem does not occur if the function is declared by
...(unsigned char x);
instead of in the old-style C declarations.
Karl. karl@umb.edu ...!harvard!umb!karl
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Subject: problem with function prototypes
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