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Date:      Wed, 25 Jul 2001 07:00:28 +0100
From:      "Richard Smith" <rdls@satamatics.com>
To:        "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: applixware
Message-ID:  <703AB71471B6024CB86D219058DB64FB02E149@matrix.satamatics.net>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Meyer [mailto:mwm@mired.org]
> Sent: 25 July 2001 06:43
> To: Richard Smith
> Cc: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: applixware
>=20
>=20
> Richard Smith <rdls@satamatics.com> types:
> > > #include <sys/types.h>
> > > int getresuid(uid_t *a, uid_t *b, uid_t *c) { return 1; }
> >=20
> > Pretty, but:
> >=20
> >     int getresuid(uid_t *, uid_t *, uid_t *) { return 1; }
> >=20
> > would be better. I don't like sloppy code either ;-)
>=20
> That doesn't compile for me - it complains about the paramenter name
> being omitted. I agree that it would be better to omit them, but the
> compiler won't let me. If you can tell me how to make it do that, I'd
> appreciate it.

Would you beleive it? The reason I adopted the practice of omitting
unused
parameters in the first place, was because the compiler used to warn me=20
about it (this was back in the 3.x days).=20

I've just discovered that the version of cc/gcc (2.95.3) that comes with

4.3-RELEASE doesn't care if I do or I don't, (with any -W settings) :-/

So which compiler/version are you using?

--
Richard Smith
Network Systems Director
Satamatics Ltd
Green Lane, Tewkesbury, GL20 8HD, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1684 278610
Fax: +44 1684 278611


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