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From: chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Function Prototypes and SCO Xenix-386 C
Keywords: C, ANSI
Message-ID: <318@vector.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 30 Jul 89 03:47:18 GMT
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Reply-To: chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal)
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It really scares me to see so many people so concerned about prototypes
in cc.  It appears that they are trying to use them as a replacement for
lint, which they are not.  I say I'm concerned because lint currently
doesn't support prototypes, and I'm infering from this discussion that
this isn't even a concern for anybody.

Personally, I went on a prototype kick for about six months about two
years back.  Everything was strictly prototyped, and I had a set of
standard macros to elide the prototypes for lint.  I would say that during
this entire time, prototypes provided me absolutely no benefit whatsoever.

But then again, lint is an integral part of the way I develop.
-- 
Chip Rosenthal / chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US / Dallas Semiconductor / 214-450-5337
"I wish you'd put that starvation box down and go to bed" - Albert Collins' Mom