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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Unexpected and difficult to understand SIGSEGV
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raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
[...]
> I never manually write a prototype. I write a full function declaration
> as part of the definition, and then copy-and-paste it into either the
> list at the top of the file, or the header file. That way, at least I
> know I've misspelt it the same way both times.

A terminology quibble: A full function definition *includes* a
declaration of that function (normally that declaration will be a
prototype).  A "prototype" is defined as a function declaration that
specifies the types of the parameters.

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