> > I'm curious because to me old-style function declarations only have
> > disadvantages, but maybe there's something I'm missing about them
> > where they are actually useful in some situations.
>
> They work with every C compiler.
>
> Most C compilers accept the ANSI style, but it's not too much trouble to
> support older C compilers as well.

Interesting, I wasn't even aware there was compilers that didn't
support the ANSI style, or that those old compilers were still used
nowadays.
Anyway, I think I get your point... Backward compatibility.

Thanks for enlightening,
Philippe

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