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From: walter@hpclwjm.HP.COM (Walter Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: UNIX C compilers and ANSI C
Message-ID: <1340042@hpclwjm.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Feb 89 22:22:11 GMT
References: <356@ists.ists.ca>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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> Should I abandon prototyping, especially if I want my 
> programs to be easily portable?

No, don't abandon prototyping.  Do something like this:

#ifdef __STDC__			/* will be true in an ANSI compiler */
   extern f (int i, double d);
#else				/* not ANSI */
   extern f();
#endif


Then, when you do compile with an ANSI compiler, you will get
the benefits of function prototyping.

Walter Murray
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