Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 11:28:24 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: style(9) question Message-ID: <20010516112824.B35292@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <p05100e0bb727313f1395@[128.113.24.47]>; from drosih@rpi.edu on Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:17:54PM -0400 References: <20010515184940.A56109@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <p05100e0bb727313f1395@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Tuesday, 15 May 2001 at 15:17:54 -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 6:49 PM +0100 5/15/01, j mckitrick wrote: >> Why does style(9) put parentheses around return values? > > Apparently, some very early versions of C required this. Specifically, versions before about 1973. So why do we still do it? I don't know. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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