Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:09:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: dyson@freebsd.org, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, julian@whistle.com, bde@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bruce vandalism again Message-ID: <19971221120912.59514@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199712210123.SAA25464@mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on Sat, Dec 20, 1997 at 06:23:41PM -0700 References: <14454.882641857@time.cdrom.com> <199712201845.NAA00285@dyson.iquest.net> <199712210123.SAA25464@mt.sri.com>
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On Sat, Dec 20, 1997 at 06:23:41PM -0700, Nate Williams wrote: > > John, I think you're making a big issue about a non-issue. The reason > the code in FreeBSD is using K&R style is because it was written before > ANSI. It hasn't been modified to ANSI style simply because it hasn't > needed to. Tell your design reviewers that the 'old' code is still more > robust/effecient and just as functional (if not more) than the 'new' > ANSI code, So far, so good. > and that changing code to have ANSI functions just to have ANSI > functions is simply a waste of time. We could debate this (I'm not going to), but don't you think it's at least as much a waste of time to change prototypes to K&R? Greg
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