On Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:15:36 +0000, Scott Lurndal wrote:

> Martin Gregorie  writes:
>>On Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:06:57 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
>>
>>> You shouldn’t need declarations in C unless you’re using one of those
>>> new-fangled compilers that requires them. Old code should still be
>>> supported, though.
>>>
>>Last time I tried it, (about 2 months ago), the current GNU C compiler
>>accepts the old K&R C first edition procedure declaration syntax. I wish
>>more compilers worked this way.
>
> It will not, however, accept the original V6 C "a =+ b" ambiguous
> syntax, so older code may still need to be edited before compilation
> with a modern compiler.

I don't *think* I've ever written that or even seen it in valid code.


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