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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Function argument type conversions...
Message-ID: <14027@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 88 08:14:02 GMT
References: <8810111921.AA21683@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <8810111921.AA21683@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU> U23405@UICVM.Berkeley.EDU
(Michael J. Steiner) writes:
>What I would like to know is if all function parameters (formal and actual)
>agree in type, will there still be problems with taking the address of a
>passed variable, (among other little things)?

In a dpANS-conformant compiler, and with the exception of array and
function parameters (which are rewritten to pointer declarations), no.
(I.e., everything will work as expected.)

In some existing compilers, yes, unless you stick with `int', `long',
`double', and pointer function parameters.
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