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From: karl@ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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Subject: Re: parameter names in prototypes
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Date: 14 Dec 90 06:41:12 GMT
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In article <AUVBARN.90Dec12185342@auvc5.tamu.edu> auvbarn@auvc5.tamu.edu (David Barnett) writes:
>[Is `int foo(int a, int );' legal?  Saber-C rejects it], and I need to know
>whether to complain to [the header file's] vendor or to Saber-C.)

Complain to both.  Saber-C should accept it, since it's legal; and the vendor
shouldn't be using it, because it's inferior to *both* alternatives.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.isc.com or uunet!ima!karl), The Walking Lint