Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 14:09:32 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/jot Makefile jot.c Message-ID: <20010528140932.A34999@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <52963.991050595@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Mon, May 28, 2001 at 01:49:55PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105282121480.1612-100000@besplex.bde.org> <52963.991050595@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
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On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 01:49:55PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Mon, 28 May 2001 21:43:58 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > > > > Since when do you have to add a prototype for main()?! > > > > Since -Wmissing-prototypes was added to CFLAGS (by WARNS=2 or BDECFLAGS) > > to detect the potential error of not declaring extern functions in > > the right place (which is never in *.c). > > Bleh. I think this is stupid. The compiler we use shouldn't force > us into unnecessary source work-arounds. Not providing a forward > declaration for main() is _always_ okay because it's _never_ called by > any other subroutine in the module. Are you sure about that ? Calling main recursively from some function in your program is perfectly legal in C. It is not allowed in C++ though and it might be considered bad programming style but that is another question. I do agree that the compiler should probably treat main() as a special case to make forward declarations of main() unnecessary. > > David, how would you feel about a local hack to gcc for this? > -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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