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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: function prototype problem
Message-ID: <8952@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 21 Nov 88 22:44:12 GMT
References: <310@drd.UUCP> <1704@scolex> <8889@smoke.BRL.MIL> <1736@scolex> <8916@smoke.BRL.MIL> <412@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> <1763@scolex>
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In article <1763@scolex> seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) writes:
>However, I also prefer declaring parameters the old-style way, ...
>Again, I think most ANSI-C compilers will support this as an option, ...

It's not an option; ANSI C requires that old-style declarations and
definitions also be supported.  It is the attempt to mix both styles
for the same function that causes potential problems.