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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: tromey@redhat.com, Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>,
	rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: RFC: status icon support
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:33:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jer6gn54oy.fsf@sykes.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8563xz5dpn.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Sat\, 12 Jan 2008 15\:19\:00 +0100")

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
>
>> There is nothing undefined in old-style function defintions.
>
> There certainly is.  If they don't match the prototype, the compiler is
> free to do whatever it thinks correct. 

Wrong.  In the presence of a prototype there is no difference between an
old-style and a new-style definition.

> It is not required to generate an error.

A compiler is never required to generate an error.  The standard calls
this a diagnostic, and the compiler can do whatever it pleases after it
has issued a diagnostic.

> Where is the point in combining a prototype that won't compile under K&R
> compilers with a K&R definition (which won't compile under C++ or newer
> standard compilers)?

A standard compiler is required to accept them.

Andreas.

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-12 17:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-11 23:28 RFC: status icon support Tom Tromey
2008-01-12  1:57 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-01-12  1:28   ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-12  1:38   ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-12  8:45     ` Ulrich Mueller
2008-01-12 17:45       ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-14  2:01         ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-14  1:35           ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-14 17:26             ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-19  5:18               ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-20  6:14                 ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-23  4:00                   ` Michael Olson
2008-01-14  1:41           ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-14  1:03     ` Michael Olson
2008-01-14  1:01       ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-14  7:03         ` Jan Djärv
2008-01-15  6:01         ` Michael Olson
2008-01-16  1:10           ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-16  4:10             ` Michael Olson
2008-01-12 11:11   ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-12 11:25     ` David Kastrup
2008-01-12 11:27       ` Andreas Schwab
2008-01-12 11:46         ` David Kastrup
2008-01-12 14:10           ` Andreas Schwab
2008-01-12 14:19             ` David Kastrup
2008-01-12 17:33               ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2008-01-14  2:00               ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-14  2:25                 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-01-14  7:05                 ` Jan Djärv
2008-01-12 13:52     ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-01-12 14:13       ` Andreas Schwab
2008-01-12 14:26         ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-01-12 17:36           ` Andreas Schwab
2008-01-12 18:59             ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-01-12 14:33         ` David Kastrup
2008-01-12 17:45           ` Andreas Schwab
2008-01-12 18:07             ` David Kastrup
2008-01-12 18:16               ` Andreas Schwab
2008-01-14  2:01           ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-14  2:47             ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-01-14 17:26               ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-14  9:14             ` David Kastrup
2008-01-14 17:26               ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-14  3:47 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2008-01-14  3:49   ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-14 13:35     ` Stefan Monnier
2008-01-14 21:40     ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2008-01-16  1:17       ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-16 11:55         ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2008-01-14 17:26   ` Richard Stallman
2008-01-14 17:10     ` Tom Tromey
2008-01-16  2:42       ` Richard Stallman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-12-30 19:56 Tom Tromey
2007-12-31 17:18 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-12-31 18:29   ` Tom Tromey

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