Lutz Behnke wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I have asked this before, but why are all the function headers writen
> in the old K&R style? is that for compatibility with some compiler?
>
> It is not compatible with lxr and AFAICT this is doe to the non-ansi
> headers. I will asume that there are other source management tools
> out there that choke on the k&r heads as well.
>
> Would it be okey to
> (for starters with the files in ssl. Other as we go along)
> change them all to ANSI-style headers?
As far as I'm concerned yes. I believe we have already resolved to only
support ANSI compilers (BTW, some of the Perl scripts currently rely on
non-ANSI prototypes, so we can't axe those yet).
What is lxr?
Cheers,
Ben.
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