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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:32:21 GMT
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Gerhard Gruber wrote:

> Destination: Merlin <merlin__ AT geocities DOT com>
> From: Gruber Gerhard
> Group: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 04:52:58 GMT:
>
> >> Of course it's ok - if you are a superman and never make unintentional
> >> mistakes. The purpose of prototypes is to allow the compiler to do
> >> error checking. Why would you intentionally refuse to accept this help
> >> if it is for free ?
> >
> >well....i suppose it would be silly not to include that one word and risk a mistake
> >but...If you passed parameters to the function prototyped without the void...it
> >wouldn't screw up the program. It simply would ingnore the parameters wouldn't it?...
> >or would it?
>
> No it would not. In C++ the compiler should issue a warning (or an error?) and
> in C it is correctly passed on. If you are calling a function with pascal
> convention, though, it would crash because in pascal the called function is
> cleaning up the stack.

ahh..so if i left out the void and passed a parameter could i use that parameter without
without having ever prototyped it?  and what do you mean by pascal convention?

l8r,
       Merlin.