On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:57:25 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote about [gentoo-user] Strange GCC behavior:
> Default function arguments in C are specified like this:
>
> int func(int a = 10) {} // just a dummy function
>
> Now I save that in a file called foo.c
>
> The above piece of code is valid in C as well as C++
Not in C90. The default grammar does not permit default values for
arguments in C, only C++.
> Why is this happening? O_o
Try adding -std=gnu99 as a compiler switch. That switches the grammar
from C90 to C99, with Gnu extensions too.
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Regards,
Dave [RLU #314465]
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