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To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/lam lam.c 
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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 +1100."
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 20:05:49 +0200
From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
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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
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Mark Murray
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