Re: patch to un-K&R-ify libkern

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:24:54PM -0500, Dave Cuthbert wrote:
> Actually, I'm somewhat surprised that compilers accept an ANSI prototype
> followed by a K&R function definition; but both gcc 3.3 and SunPro C
> accept:
> 
>     void x(void);
>     void x() { return; }

If you read the ISO C99 specification (or an earlier one), you will
find that this is correct. Even for K&R style void x() {} is a function
without arguments. This is even the only correct form.

> 
> Both also issue a diagnostic (gcc error, SunPro warning) about:
> 
>     void x(int);
>     void x() { return; }

This is simply invalid ;-) SunPro is broken or at least not a conforming
compiler for accepting this code.

> Learn something new every day.  At any rate, I stick to the ANSI style
> for my new code.

I wasn't 100% sure about this earlier, but after having digged it up,
I feel pretty confident now. So we all learned something ;-)

Joerg

> Dave