Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 00:05:23 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: 90's compilers Message-ID: <199504152205.AAA03378@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199504151853.EAA32482@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Apr 16, 95 04:53:56 am
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As Bruce Evans wrote: > > >int, and might take any possible number of arguments'' :). There have > >been many errors in the code (functions that actually take a `char' > >argument, while the compiler promoted it to `int' -- works only since > >we're little-endian). > > >This style made it highly error-prone. > > Actually the functions took an `int' arg and demoted it to a `char'. ...depending on the point of view. Anyway, they haven't been declared before, so i take my POV as state-of-the-art now. :-) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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