> :When the prototype parameter name matches a local variable, the C compiler > :(and lint) whine about clashes between names in local/global namespace. > > I've never in my life heard of this behavior before, what compiler > arguments reproduce it?
WARNS=5. > :2 ways to fix this are to "protect" the prototype argument names with the > :"_", or to remove the argument name altogether. > > If it is a problem, why not simply use the same variable names that are > declared in the procedure proper? The underscore looks ugly and out of > place and doesn't make that much sense to me. Because this doesn't always help, or if it did, the diffs are often much bigger and to many more files. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
