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aab@cichlid.com am Mo, 08.06.92 18:49 in GCC.HELP:

>int foo(short x);
>int bar(short x);
>
>int foo(short x) {} /* this works */
>
>int bar(x) short x; {} /* this does not */

The code is indeed illegal. You must not mix function prototypes mixed with
old style function definitions. When using old style function definitions
chars and shorts are expanded to ints. This won't be done with new style
function definitions.

In exact:

- The prototype "int bar( short x );" tells the compiler that the function
  bar expects a short integer.

- The function definition "int bar(x) short x; {}" tells the compiler that
  this function expects an integer which is used as an short integer.

regards

Martin