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From: jon@cit-vax (Jonathan P. Leech)
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Subject: Re: lint, pointers, 0 (what else?)
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 17:35:30 EST
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>
>	...  The ANSI C language standard permits you to declare the
> types of the arguments of a function, which makes 99% of these problems
> go away.
>	 Guy Harris
>	 {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy

	Does the standard require compilers to generate warnings  when
they have to generate a cast of function arguments? The potential  for
truly sloppy coding seems enormous with this change.

	Speaking of the standard, does anyone know  when  it  will  be
available for public comment?

	-- Jon Leech
	   jon@cit-vax.arpa