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From: bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU (Bruce W. Mohler)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: NetHack 3.0 compile error in objnam.c(160)
Keywords: NetHack 3.0 objnam.c
Message-ID: <129@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU>
Date: 28 Jul 89 22:44:41 GMT
Organization: Pacific*Bell, San Diego, CA
Lines: 37

Environment: Compaq 386/20 running Xenix 2.3.1 with 2.2 Dev Sys

Compiling NetHack 3.0 yields a compile-time error in the
file objnam.c line 160.  This is the message:

	objnam.c(160) func: not a function

This is the function in question:

 >> /* Give the name of an object seen at a distance.  Unlike xname/doname,
 >>  * we don't want to set dknown if it's not set already.  The kludge used is
 >>  * to temporarily set Blind so that xname() skips the dknown setting.  This
 >>  * assumes that we don't want to do this too often; if this function becomes
 >>  * frequently used, it'd probably be better to pass a parameter to xname()
 >>  * or doname() instead.
 >>  */
 >> char *
 >> distant_name(obj, func)
 >> register struct obj *obj;
 >> char *(*func) P((struct obj *));
 >> {
 >> 	char *str;
 >> 
 >> 	long save_Blinded = Blinded;
 >> 	Blinded = 1;
 >> 	str = func(obj);		<---- this is the offending line
 >> 	Blinded = save_Blinded;
 >> 	return str;
 >> }

I'd appreciate any help in getting past this point since the
declaration of func is not intuitive (even with cdecl's help).
-- 
Bruce W. Mohler
Systems Programmer (aka Staff Analyst)
bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu
voice: 619/586-2218