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Doug Gerecht 806 1031 (dougg@kentek.com) wrote:
: I'm in the process of switching from gcc 2.1 to gcc 2.3.3.  I'm
: building for the MIPS 3051 processor.  I'm having problems with the
: function prototypes for memcpy() and memcmp().  The compiler seems
: unhappy with whatever prototypes (and hence, whatever function
: definition) I throw at it.  I've tried:
: 
: extern void *memcpy(void *,const void *,size_t);
: extern int memcmp(const void *,const void *,size_t);
: 
: and:
: 
: extern char *memcpy(char *,char *,int);
: extern int memcmp(char *,char *,int);
: 
: It won't accept either as well as numerous variations on the theme.  I
: always get the message:
: 
: ./defs.h:337: warning: conflicting types for built-in function `memcpy'
: ./defs.h:337: warning: type mismatch with previous external decl
: <built-in>:0: warning: previous external decl of `memcpy'
: 

I recommend to avoid "private" prototypes for the library functions
(but make sure, that you include <memory.h> for those functions).

Good luck,
Marek Makowski

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