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Re: Compiler utility

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On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 03:19:58 -0000 (UTC), root <NoEMail@home.org> wrote in
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> The latest gcc compiler is 14.2, or something like that.
> I have used prior versions 11.2 and 12.2 which allow C code that does
> not always type routines, such as int main()
> 
> Since the original compiler, it was understood that the default for a
> routine is type int, so that a compiler would accept
>  
> main()
> 
> and, although it might give a nuisance warning the program would compile
> and run.
> 
> The latest gcc seems to require every routine to be typed. As of the
> current time, I have 1,046,000 lines of C code written over the last 45
> years or so, and much of it was written according to K&R.
> 
> Does anyone know of a compiler add-on which will read existing code, and
> insert type (int) when the routine is not explicitly given?
> 
> 
> Thanks.

You can probably get the code to compile with the
proper "--std=" directive to gcc.

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