Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:33375 alt.religion.computers:1988 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,alt.religion.computers Subject: Re: ANSI C prototypes Message-ID: Date: 2 Nov 90 18:43:08 GMT References: <1005@christopher-robin.cs.bham.ac.uk> <1906@necisa.ho.necisa.oz> <1990Nov2.030556.27759@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 In article <1990Nov2.030556.27759@ccu.umanitoba.ca> salomon@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dan Salomon) writes: > You are both right. Repeatedly typing function prototypes is a tedious > waste of time, but we really would like type errors reported at compile > time. Ever hear of include files? > A possible solution would be to have a utility for building libraries > of function prototypes from source code. The Manx compiler for the Amiga has a flag that lets you build include files from the source. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com