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

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Date:	Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:11:32 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Pedro Alves <palves@...hat.com>
CC:	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>, apw@...onical.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch.pl: thou shalt not use () or (...) in
 function declarations

On 03/26/2012 03:03 AM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> 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?
> 

Sounds like a good thing to do.

	-hpa

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