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| From | Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? |
| Date | 2011-12-14 00:26 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20111213162145.45@kylheku.com> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <haefe7pl0eb3inkqs7hrrbv6mjq598kil8@4ax.com> <20111213132915.313@kylheku.com> <slrnjefiv9.45t.usenet-nospam@guild.seebs.net> <jc8lrc$3og$1@reader1.panix.com> <slrnjefnj3.6jm.usenet-nospam@guild.seebs.net> |
On 2011-12-13, Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> wrote:
> On 2011-12-13, Joe keane <jgk@panix.com> wrote:
>> In article <slrnjefiv9.45t.usenet-nospam@guild.seebs.net>,
>> Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> wrote:
>>> extern int foo();
>>> extern int foo(char *, double);
>
>> My onion is that no one gives a rat's behind about the syntax for how
>> functions are -defined- [i like old one better] but putting types where
>> they are -declared- is worth about five other features combined.
>
> I mostly agree with this. If it weren't for the "default promotions"
> applying to old-style definitions, I might well use them by preference.
Obsolecence of a feature can lead to a semantics change to the old syntax,
rather than removal.
I.e. it could simply be required, one day, that
void x(f)
float f;
{
}
now means exactly the same thing as:
void x(float f)
{
}
and the syntax is no longer obsolescent, just the old semantics.
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When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2011-12-10 18:23 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-10 18:41 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-10 10:40 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-11 07:49 +1300
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2011-12-10 10:49 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2011-12-10 21:16 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2011-12-12 11:29 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-12 03:49 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-12 15:04 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2011-12-13 10:42 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-13 13:58 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? "Scott Fluhrer" <sfluhrer@ix.netcom.com> - 2011-12-13 10:17 -0500
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-13 12:04 -0600
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-13 18:17 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-13 15:17 -0600
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-13 21:46 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-13 22:04 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2011-12-13 23:07 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-13 23:23 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-14 00:26 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-12-13 15:22 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-13 15:27 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2011-12-14 09:33 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-13 19:49 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? "Scott Fluhrer" <sfluhrer@ix.netcom.com> - 2011-12-13 14:54 -0500
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-20 02:28 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-10 13:48 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-10 21:48 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Ralph Spitzner <rasp@spitzner.org> - 2011-12-11 04:16 +0100
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-10 21:54 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-10 22:27 -0600
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-11 12:56 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-12-11 09:11 -0500
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-11 21:40 -0600
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-12 00:05 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-12 15:00 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-12 07:18 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-13 00:55 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-13 07:50 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-12 11:15 -0600
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-12 11:17 -0600
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2011-12-12 21:57 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-12-12 18:15 -0500
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-12-11 15:10 -0600
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-11 09:17 -0500
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-11 06:53 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-12 00:08 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2011-12-12 11:59 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-12 07:47 -0500
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-12 11:59 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-12-12 18:17 -0500
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-12 15:43 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? André Gillibert <MetaEntropy.removeThis@gmail.com> - 2011-12-12 13:49 +0100
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-12 05:25 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? André Gillibert <MetaEntropy.removeThis@gmail.com> - 2011-12-12 14:35 +0100
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-12 15:21 +0000
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> - 2011-12-13 22:19 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-14 02:54 -0800
Re: When did K&R function declarations become obsolete? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-14 13:17 -0800
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