From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Porting Watcom 11.0 to djgpp
Date:	Fri, 07 Jan 2000 13:42:36 +0200
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Charles Wood wrote:
> 
> I am having a problem declaring a pointer to a function:
> 
>     in watcom:
> 
>         void interrupt (*old)();
> 
>     this doesn't compile.
> 
>         errors:
> 
>             dataglb.h : xxx: 'old' was not declared in this scope
>             dataglb.h : xxx: function 'void interrupt()' is initialized like
> a variable

GCC doesn't recognize the `interrupt' keyword.  See section 18.9 of the DJGPP
FAQ list for details of how to install interrupt handlers with DJGPP.  You will
see that you need to rewrite most of your handler anyhow, so the `interrupt'
qualifier should be the least of your problems.

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