K&R-style variadic functions
H. S. Teoh
hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx
Wed Jul 18 06:55:30 PDT 2012
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:23:33AM +0100, Regan Heath wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:39:25 +0100, H. S. Teoh
> <hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:
[...]
> >This modern C declaration:
> >
> > int main(int argc, char **argv) {
> > exit(1);
> > }
> >
> >is written thus in K&R:
> >
> > int main(argc, argv)
> > int argc;
> > char **argv;
> > {
> > exit(1);
> > }
>
> Clarification.
>
> The /definition/ is as you have above, the /declaration/ is not.
> The declaration is what goes in the header file, and in K&R (and
> ANSI C for that matter) looks like:
>
> int main();
>
> parameters are not required for the declaration, only the definition.
[...]
You are right.
And also, under K&R syntax, the 'int' can be omitted from before main. I
*think* the entire argc line can be omitted as well (undeclared
variables default to int, IIRC). 'Tis a strange world they used to live
in. :-)
T
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