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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: Expunging K&R-style prototypes?
From:       Thomas Dickey <dickey () radix ! net>
Date:       2005-07-27 17:27:46
Message-ID: 20050727172745.GA12801 () saltmine ! radix ! net
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On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 11:02:35AM -0600, Philip Prindeville wrote:
> There is at least one way around this.
> 
> Have the tool extract the old declarations into a header file (or many
> header files) and then load them up with -imacros "old_header_decls.h"
> on the command line.  The compiler will then complain (when the
> -Wconversion flag is present) of any changed semantics implied by the
> conflict of the two different declaration types.

I'd like to assume that would work.  But in practice, gcc's -Wconversion
warning is pretty useless. I could go on at length, but if you spend much
time trying it, you could then do likewise.

> Otherwise, elint might be able to catch these.

;-)

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
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