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From: jeff@cpoint.UUCP (Jeffrey J. Griglack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Lattice C 5.0
Message-ID: <1427@cpoint.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 88 02:28:00 GMT
Reply-To: jeff@cpoint.UUCP (Jeffrey J. Griglack)
Organization: Clearpoint Research Corp., Hopkinton Mass.
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I received my copy of Lattice C 5.0 yesterday and immediatly tried
it on some code I had written and compiled under 4.0.  I got an
ERROR for a call to a function that did was not made in the form
of the function prototype.  To correct this I had to cast the
perameter to a byte pointer (instead of a pointer of a type I had
defined myself).

My problem is that I believe I should have just
gotten a WARNING instead of a hard error.  Does the new ANSI 
standard say that this should produce a warning or is it just
something peculiar to the Lattice implementation?  I would think
that it would sometimes be nice to say, "Yes, I know I called it
wrong.  I meant to."  C was not supposed to be an idiot-proofed
(read "restrictive") language.

This is my first posting, so I can only assume the address above is
correct.  I would think that any replies would be of general interest
anyway.  Please refrain from flaming.  This is, I think, a legitimate
question and I would appreciate thoughtful answers.

		Jeff Griglack

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