From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Apr 18 03:38:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA06740 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 03:38:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (nsmart@ts01-51.waterford.indigo.ie [194.125.139.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA06721 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 10:38:36 GMT (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA00363; Sat, 18 Apr 1998 11:36:56 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199804181036.LAA00363@indigo.ie> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 11:36:56 +0000 In-Reply-To: Bruce Evans "Re: bin/6332: time.h doesn't compile with -traditional" (Apr 17, 9:30pm) Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: Bruce Evans , freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/6332: time.h doesn't compile with -traditional Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Apr 17, 9:30pm, Bruce Evans wrote: } Subject: Re: bin/6332: time.h doesn't compile with -traditional > > It's too late? I didn't know changes were limited by the calendar :-) > >Granted, it may be too late for 2.2.6 (certainly) and likely even 3.0, > >but what about future versions? > > ANSI C has been standard for about 10 years now. BSD4.4 never fully > supported K&R 5 years ago (it requires separate libraries compiled > with -traditional for compatibility ...), so why should we start now? Couldn't agree more, all new code should use int main(int argc, char** argv) instead of int main(argc, argv) int argc; char **argv; IMO. We should also be investigating the usefulness of some of the features of the C++ programming language. Niall -- Niall Smart. finger njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk for PGP key FreeBSD: Turning PC's into Workstations, www.freebsd.org Annoy your enemies and astonish your friends: echo "#define if(x) if (!(x))" >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message