consistency in declaration

[Karl Heuer]

In article <14544 at watdragon.waterloo.edu> jyegiguere at lion.waterloo.edu (Eric Giguere) writes:
>>>[compiler refuses to accept a prototype with half-named args:]
>>>	void foo(int , int y);
>Personally I prefer the approach that a prototype either declares identifiers
>for all the parameters or leaves them all out.  I really can't see any reason
>for the inconsistent notation.

I agree, but personal preferences shouldn't be strictly enforced by the
compiler.  My recommendation is to downgrade it to a warning.  (The pANS
imposes no constraints on warnings, though personally I feel that everything
questionable should have an OPTIONAL warning attached to it.)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint