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Re: ANSI vs. K&R prototypes [was Re: patch for dynl.c]
- To: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
- Subject: Re: ANSI vs. K&R prototypes [was Re: patch for dynl.c]
- From: Greg Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
- Date: 19 Jul 1999 15:20:24 -0700
- Cc: guile@cygnus.com
- References: <199906200027.AAA17382@out5.ibm.net> <m3u2s12pjs.fsf@savonarola.red-bean.com> <qrriu8evo65.fsf_-_@elwha.cs.washington.edu> <m3g12kqou5.fsf@savonarola.red-bean.com>
Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes:
> > Looks like you're switching to ANSI prototypes... is it okay for me to
> > update the prototypes in the files I touch for the SMOB stuff (or do you
> > want it done as more of a single self-contained pass later on)?
>
> I think this is the same situation as the const changes --- let's try
> to get the big pending patches into the sources, and then take care of
> these things.
>
> But it's certainly fine to use prototypes in new code, or if you're
> making changes to those functions anyway. Any patches to that code
> are going to rot anyway, so you might as well make it worthwhile.
Okay. I'm still not clear about whether guile-1.3.2 is going to be out
of the latest guile-core CVS source, or whether it is smaller changes
off of the version that was released as guile-1.3 (and was there ever a
guile-1.3.1? There isn't one at the usual GNU ftp sites).
Thanks,
Greg