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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
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"Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> writes:

> A function looks like this:
>
> int present()
> {
>
> }
>
> A prototype for the same function looks like this:
>
> int present(void);
>
> Functions always have "{}". Prototypes never do.

A function definition is also a prototype unless you use oldstyle
definitions.

Andreas.

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