Re: Question about style when converting from K&R to ANSI C.

[Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>]

On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 10:52, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > Thanks for the input.  You've convinced me.  When going through
> > arch/ppc/xmon/xmon.c, I will leave things like the following unchanged:
> > 
> > /* Command interpreting routine */
> > static int
> > cmds(struct pt_regs *excp)
> > {
> 
> Great.
> 
> > My changes will be similar to the following:
> > 
> > @@ -1837,9 +1818,7 @@
> >         return *lineptr++;
> >  }
> > 
> > -void
> > -take_input(str)
> > -char *str;
> > +void take_input(char *str)
> >  {
> >         lineptr = str;
> >  }
> 
> OK, I'm confused.  You said you were convinced but then shouldn't that be
> 
> void
> take_input(char *str)
> {
>        lineptr = str;
> }
> 
> ??
Yeah, I realized the inconsistency of that after sending.  This is with
that change backed out (same as your example above):

@@ -1838,8 +1819,7 @@
 }

 void
-take_input(str)
-char *str;
+take_input(char *str)
 {
        lineptr = str;
 }


My guiding principle in all this is "first, do no harm".  That's why I
posted my question in the first place.  Thanks for the help.

Steven