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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:51:42 -0800
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Cc: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG,
	Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>,
	Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>,
	Dallas De Atley <deatley@apple.com>,
	Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>,
	"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@wasabisystems.com>,
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	Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>
Subject: Re: __P macro question
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Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote:
> Which items can we identify to tackle in this effort?
> 
> - Get rid of __P() macros in source files
> - Use proper ANSI prototypes, this flows from the point above
> 
> what else?

Other candidates are other macros in cdefs.h; because of the
__attribute stuff, I would be loathe to get rid of it entirely,
since it encapsulates some GCC dependence/independence, but the
const/void/volatile definitions are a possibility.

There are also the varradic function declarations, which are
not all ANSI-C style, yet, use of __STRING and __CONCAT, etc..

My recommendation would be to do __P() first, now that there
is a cross-BSD consensus, and leave other changes for other
discussions.

-- Terry

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