Re^2: Use of 'our' considered harmful

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Re^3: Use of 'our' considered harmful by ambrus (Abbot) on Sep 24, 2004 at 11:01 UTC
The point in ANSI prototypes is that when you use them, any call to the function will actually convert the parameters to whatever type the prototye says. More clearly, the K&R style declaration of arguments (which is not a prototype btw) say only what the function pops off the stack, but not what the caller pushes to the stack. If, however, a function has an ANSI C prototype (and it's included in wherever you call the function from), the C compiler will automatically convert parameters to whatever the prototye says, and will warn you if you call the function with an incompatible number or type of parameters.	[reply]
Re^4: Use of 'our' considered harmful by tantarbobus (Hermit) on Sep 24, 2004 at 11:10 UTC
I meant declaration ;). But My point was more about the syntax. I like the former better because, for me, it is just easier to scan.	[reply]
Re^3: Use of 'our' considered harmful by mpeppler (Vicar) on Sep 24, 2004 at 11:19 UTC
Nothing to stop you writing `int foo ( char this, char that, char *these ) { ... }` [download] FWIW... :-) Michael	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Use of 'our' considered harmful by Jenda (Abbot) on Sep 24, 2004 at 13:29 UTC
In both cases the type (and most of the modifiers and other cruft) is on the wrong side of the variable. Does anyone think "and now I'm going to need an int, let's call it counter"? I think not. Normal people say to themselves "and now I'm going to need a counter, an int will be enough". Not speaking about the mess with pointers to functions and functions returning pointers etc. `int foo()` vs. `int ()foo()` anyone? Jenda Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. -- Rick Osborne	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Use of 'our' considered harmful by itub (Priest) on Sep 24, 2004 at 13:56 UTC
I'm not normal. :-) Because of this, I always make mistakes in SQL when creating tables.	[reply]
Re^5: Use of 'our' considered harmful by Jenda (Abbot) on Sep 24, 2004 at 14:49 UTC
Too much C over a too long period? ;-) Jenda Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. -- Rick Osborne	[reply]


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