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Date:      Wed, 7 May 1997 07:03:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>
To:        michaelh@cet.co.jp, ponds!time.cdrom.com!jkh
Cc:        ponds!zeta.org.au!bde, ponds!FreeBSD.ORG!hackers, ponds!barcode.co.il!nadav, ponds!lambert.org!terry
Subject:   Re: /usr/include/ftpio.h is not C++ safe
Message-ID:  <199705071103.HAA03187@lakes.water.net>

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> On Mon, 5 May 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > I hate __P() and will fight a guerilla war against it if I have to.
> 
> So do I.  I'd do it in straight ANSI first and then if there's an uproar
> of people who can provide details of their K&R applications that require
> __P() then you can begrudgingly add it later.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 

 Well - here's a small uproar.  

 I run some older versions of software that I've had now for many years.
With every release of FreeBSD, I simply recompile it and off I go...

 I compile this code with -traditional, because of assumptions about 
parameter promotions...

 So, every new release I send out mail showing how I tripped over
some ANSIisms in our include file (e.g. "const".)

 Thus, even though we don't have to use a K&R compiler; and likely
never will - we may continue to have a need to compile K&R sources.

	- Dave Rivers -





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