On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 08:38 -0700, John Doty wrote: > On Feb 24, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Peter Clifton wrote: > > > Means C didn't find the function, and it assumes it returns integer in > > that case. Dumb convention IMO. > > "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success." - Dennis M. Ritchie. True.. very true. I believe the behaviour in question dates back to the days where prototypes were very different, and C sometimes had to assume. I've been debugging some problems in a large 3D CAD + FEA system written in C++ recently. Give me nice C code that ANY day over that impenetrable crap. -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me)
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