From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 6 12:05:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA28772 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 May 1997 12:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from isbalham.ist.co.uk (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA28741 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 12:04:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham.ist.co.uk (8.8.4/8.8.4) with UUCP id TAA23585; Tue, 6 May 1997 19:44:16 +0100 (BST) Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Tue, 6 May 1997 19:46:22 +0100 X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199705061746.DAA26819@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 19:43:40 +0100 To: Bruce Evans , Terry Lambert From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: /usr/include/ftpio.h is not C++ safe Cc: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, nadav@barcode.co.il Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 18:46 +0100 6/5/97, Bruce Evans wrote: >gcc -traditional supports prototypes, so this is no argument for __P(()) >:-). It's an argument agains __P(()) - it's reasonable for headers to >only support the compiler(s) shipped with the system. Trouble is, among the subtle and mysterious problems I mentioned are gcc misbehaviours if you mix protos with K&R-style declarations. And, of course, no-one is interested in fixing crap like that (and I for one don't blame them). At 18:41 +0100 6/5/97, Terry Lambert wrote: >[...] >Why do I feel the ANSI people are selling the history of the UNIX >culture down the river? I think they sold it some time ago :-( -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK