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From: breure%ITIHP1.TNO.NL@pucc.princeton.edu (Frank Breure)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: bug in C68
Message-ID: <53799@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 16 May 91 16:08:37 GMT
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I discovered a bug in the parser of C68, in a function definition
you don't have to use comma's to separate the parameters, thus
        main(argc argv)         /* no comma between argc and argv !! */
        int argc;
        char *argv[];
is accepted!

The bug is in decl.c, only if the symbol after an identifier is a comma,
the next symbol will be read.

The following cdiff will correct this:
----------------- cut here -----------------
*** decl.c      Thu May 16 15:22:51 1991
--- decl.c~     Thu May 16 14:22:18 1991
***************
*** 318,325 ****
                getsym();
                if (lastst == comma)
                    getsym();
-               else
-                   break;
            }
            needpunc(closepa);
        }
--- 318,323 ----
----------------- cut here -----------------

Frank Breure                                    (breure@itihp1.tno.nl)
Instituut voor Toegepaste Informatica-TNO       Delft, The Netherlands
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