Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!sgupta From: sgupta@geo4.rdrc.rpi.edu (Suvajit Gupta) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: 'missing 'prototype'? (turbo c) Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 90 00:13:22 GMT References: <6746@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 17 In article <6746@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> VANCLEEF@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes: >i am getting a weird warning using turbo c. basically my calls >to subroutines are getting the warning about a >'missing prototype to function ...' > >what does this mean? it looks like everything is defined correctly? > Probably you are using the old pre-ANSI style of function declarations. This makes the compiler complain about missing prototypes. To avoid this warning, you could either shut the compiler up about missing protypes, or better define your functions using the ANSI style. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suvajit Gupta email: sgupta@rdrc.rpi.edu phone: (518)-276-4079 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Baa Baa Black Sheep, Have You Any Wool?" "NO!"