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From: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: gcc bug (possibly)
Message-ID: <18198@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 3 Mar 89 22:06:54 GMT
Reply-To: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante)
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budd@mist.cs.orst.edu (Tim Budd) <9201@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> :
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-extern int foo ( short );
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-int foo(x)
-short x;
-{ ; }
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-I get a message that the argument doesn't match the prototype.
-Works fine if I use int in place of short.

Although you've given a prototype for foo(), the function definition doesn't
match it --

	int foo(x)

is an old-style definition.  Your error message is complaining (indirectly)
that this line is incorrect, as it doesn't match the prototype.  Try

	int foo(short x)
	{ ; }

instead.  This works for me.  I don't think you need the extern keyword
either.

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