From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Aug 27 22:08:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA22996 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:08:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA22991 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:08:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA17091; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:07:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199808280507.WAA17091@austin.polstra.com> To: Bruce Evans cc: bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, dmm125@bellatlantic.net Subject: Re: error in libcompat (2.2.7) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:38:11 +1000." <199808280338.NAA22459@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:07:12 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >Here, I changed the type of "id" to int, and added a (char) cast in > >front of its only use. > > This is just doing the compiler's work for it. I'm happy to do that, if it makes the code less confusing. It is confusing to have the types disagree between the function's prototype and its definition. You have to be a scholar of the standard to understand such code. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message