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.TH ANSI2KNR 1 "19 Jan 1996"
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ansi2knr \- convert ANSI C to Kernighan & Ritchie C
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[--varargs] input_file [output_file]
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If no output_file is supplied, output goes to stdout.
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There are no error messages.
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recognizes function definitions by seeing a non-keyword identifier at the left
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margin, followed by a left parenthesis, with a right parenthesis as the last
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character on the line, and with a left brace as the first token on the
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following line (ignoring possible intervening comments). It will recognize a
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multi-line header provided that no intervening line ends with a left or right
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brace or a semicolon. These algorithms ignore whitespace and comments, except
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that the function name must be the first thing on the line.
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The following constructs will confuse it:
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- Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the
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above syntax (such as a macro or function call).
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- Some macros that tinker with the syntax of the function header.
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The --varargs switch is obsolete, and is recognized only for
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backwards compatibility. The present version of
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will always attempt to convert a ... argument to va_alist and va_dcl.
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L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> wrote the original ansi2knr and
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continues to maintain the current version; most of the code in the current
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version is his work. ansi2knr also includes contributions by Francois
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Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> and Jim Avera <jima@netcom.com>.