function definition isn't a prototype
From a March 31 CVS update, there are 2714 of the above warnings in a make World when compiling under FreeBSD 5.2 on an Alpha. With some guidance from the committers, I'd like to take on the task of eliminating the vast majority of these. I'll provide context diffs and submit them to the bug tracker as time permits, but I'd like to know whe- ther you feel that the declarations in question should be wrapped in some- thing like #ifdef __STDC__ / #endif or not first. (Or if you'd rather I didn't bother, I'll just shut up and go away :-). Thanks. Terry R. Friedrichsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: function definition isn't a prototype
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Terry R. Friedrichsen wrote: From a March 31 CVS update, there are 2714 of the above warnings in a make World when compiling under FreeBSD 5.2 on an Alpha. With some guidance from the committers, I'd like to take on the task of eliminating the vast majority of these. I'll provide context diffs and submit them to the bug tracker as time permits, but I'd like to know whe- ther you feel that the declarations in question should be wrapped in some- thing like #ifdef __STDC__ / #endif or not first. No, please don't wrap them. Support for pre-ANSIC compilers is pretty much dead now. (Or if you'd rather I didn't bother, I'll just shut up and go away :-). Please wait a bit, as I still have a few such things to integrate. Also, I'd prefer you sent them to me directly. Thanks. Marc. +--+---+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax:1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +---+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply| | CANADA | | +--+---+ XFree86 developer and VP. ATI driver and X server internals. ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: function definition isn't a prototype
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Terry R. Friedrichsen wrote: From a March 31 CVS update, there are 2714 of the above warnings in a make World when compiling under FreeBSD 5.2 on an Alpha. With some guidance from the committers, I'd like to take on the task of eliminating the vast majority of these. I'll provide context diffs and submit them to the bug tracker as time permits, but I'd like to know whe- ther you feel that the declarations in question should be wrapped in some- thing like #ifdef __STDC__ / #endif or not first. I'm not a committer, just someone who has been around long enough to remember the discussions about ansifying the code. I don't think we need #ifdef __STDC__ or similar. The ansification work is progressing very slowly because we need to be sure that we don't change the types of any arguements when we do this - remember that the default type promotions rules changed between KR and ANSI C. This means that the could be binary incompatibilities in the interfaces we we do this with a dummy script, rather than a thinking brain. Thomas Dickey has done bits in the past, and has email suggestions about how to verify that binary compatibility isn't broken. Thanks for offering to help. -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: function definition isn't a prototype
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Terry R. Friedrichsen wrote: From a March 31 CVS update, there are 2714 of the above warnings in a make World when compiling under FreeBSD 5.2 on an Alpha. With some guidance from the committers, I'd like to take on the task of eliminating the vast majority of these. I'll provide context diffs and submit them to the bug tracker as time permits, but I'd like to know whe- ther you feel that the declarations in question should be wrapped in some- thing like #ifdef __STDC__ / #endif or not first. See http://invisible-island.net/ansification/ for example. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: function definition isn't a prototype
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Terry R. Friedrichsen wrote: From a March 31 CVS update, there are 2714 of the above warnings in a make World when compiling under FreeBSD 5.2 on an Alpha. With some guidance from the committers, I'd like to take on the task of eliminating the vast majority of these. I'll provide context diffs and submit them to the bug tracker as time permits, but I'd like to know whe- ther you feel that the declarations in question should be wrapped in some- thing like #ifdef __STDC__ / #endif or not first. I'm not a committer, just someone who has been around long enough to remember the discussions about ansifying the code. I don't think we need #ifdef __STDC__ or similar. right - what we need are changes that preserve the interfaces (don't change types/sizes) but eliminate the nonstandard syntax. It's time-consuming. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
