On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 10:22:14AM -0600, Mark Roberts wrote: > > In the past (before the ANSI C standard), you prototyped functions as: > > void blaat(); > > These days, you prototype then as: > > void blaat(int,char *); > > > > To make sure that the code compiled with the old and the news > > compilers, they used that trick. > > > > It's in merc.h, see in merc.h and search for Ansi. > > > > Edwin > > So, I know it's a perfectly stupid question to ask... but... > It IS safe to completely ignore that "trick" now-a-days?
Sure, as long as your compiler does support the ANSI C standard and all the other operating systems you are willing to run your mud on also. If you can think of a machine without GCC, then you might run into troubles. For the rest, don't worry. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/
