Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 20:05:49 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Mike Heffner <mikeh@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/lam lam.c Message-ID: <200102081805.f18I5I901871@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102090302160.7748-100000@besplex.bde.org> ; from Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> "Fri, 09 Feb 2001 03:13:28 %2B1100." References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102090302160.7748-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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> On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Mark Murray wrote: > > > > This just breaks K&R support and adds style bugs (spaces after function > > > names, and **argv instead of *argv[]). > > > > K&R support is not important anymore. > > Some disagree. It is only not very important IMO. Not worth the effort > to throw it away. It is as important as maintaining BCPL compatability. Far more worthwhile (if you really want K&R-ability) is to make sure your favourite ANSI --> K&R tool is up to the job. > > Spaces after function names is not good, I agree, and the **argv --> > > *argv[] thing should happen. > > I hope you mean backing out of the *argv[] -> **argv thing. I normally > use **argv, but both style(9) and the ISO C standard use *argv[]. Erm, I mean that *argv[] is better than **argv. M -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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