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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:06:47 -0600 (CST)
From:      John Gregor <johng@vieo.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, shankar_agarwal@net.com
Subject:   Re: Question regarding the funcation socket()...
Message-ID:  <200103130106.f2D16lZ02260@vieo.com>
In-Reply-To: <3AAD7114.A01DE452@net.com>

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> I am trying to find out where the function socket() is actually defined.

sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c

cscope is your friend.

> Moreover is see __P with all the function prototypes. Can anyone
> tell me what do they mean. I am right now assuming for my work that
> they just mean blank.

Bad assumption.  Depending on the compiler, __P either returns the
argument passed to the macro or '()'.  This is because pre-ANSI C
didn't support function prototypes.

    pre-ANSI

	int foo();

    ANSI

	int foo(char *, int *, int, int);

Again, cscope is your friend.

-JohnG

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