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From: cechew@bruce.OZ (Earl Chew)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Use of _PROTOTYPE macro
Message-ID: <1735@bruce.OZ>
Date: 4 Dec 89 22:25:25 GMT
References: <2761@basser.oz>
Organization: Monash Uni. Computer Science, Australia
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From article <2761@basser.oz>, by steve@basser.oz (Stephen Russell):
> I prefer Earl Chew's format:
> 
> 	int	creat    P((const char *, mode_t));
> 
> as it recognises that only the argument list needs special attention. 
> P as the macro name is a poor choice though. How about _ARGS of something
> else?

I chose P because the stuff wasn't meant to be exported to the rest of the
universe. If you were considering putting it in a unversally visible include
file, then, I agree, a better name would have to be chosen.

Earl
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