linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch.pl: thou shalt not use () or (...) in function declarations

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Message-ID: <4F703F06.60709@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:03:50 +0100
From:	Pedro Alves <palves@...hat.com>
To:	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
CC:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>, apw@...onical.com,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch.pl: thou shalt not use () or (...) in
 function declarations

On 03/22/2012 05:17 PM, Nick Bowler wrote:

> GCC will not normally warn about the above (unless you pass
> -Wold-style-definition) which warns for all function definitions that
> lack a prototype.


/me asks the stupid question:

Why not make the compiler catch this instead then, with -Werror=old-style-definition?

-- 
Pedro Alves
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