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Subject: Re: __P macro question
From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>
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In message: <p05101402b87f705dd790@[128.113.24.47]>
            Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> writes:
: I also came across things like a prototype of:
:   static int  sendfile __P((struct printer *pp, int type, char *file,
:                                   int format));
: 
: for a procedure declaration of:
:      static int
:      sendfile(pp, type, file, format)
:              struct printer *pp;
:              int type;
:              char *file;
:              char format;
:      {

That's *EXCATLY* why I'm converting the old, but still legal in c89,
style to new style.  You get warnings that you didn't get before.

Warner

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