ANSI2KNR

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 29 July 1994
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NAME

ansi2knr - convert ANSI C to Kernighan & Ritchie C

SYNOPSIS

ansi2knr [-Ovarargs=convert] input_file output_file

DESCRIPTION

If no output_file is supplied, output goes to stdout.
If the -Ovarargs=convert switch is supplied, ansi2knr will attempt to convert a ... argument to va_alist and va_dcl. If this switch is not supplied, ansi2knr will simply drop any such arguments.
There are no error messages.

ansi2knr recognizes functions by seeing a non-keyword identifier at the left margin, followed by a left parenthesis, with a right parenthesis as the last character on the line. It will recognize a multi-line header provided that the last character of the last line of the header is a right parenthesis, and no intervening line ends with a left brace or a semicolon. These algorithms ignore whitespace and comments, except that the function name must be the first thing on the line.

The following constructs will confuse it:

- Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the above syntax (such as a macro or function call).

- Macros that tinker with the syntax of the function header.

AUTHOR

L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> wrote the original ansi2knr and continues to maintain the current version; most of the code in the current version is his work. ansi2knr also includes contributions by Francois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> and Jim Avera <jima@netcom.com>.

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