Ultrix 4.1

[Michael Meissner]

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In article <m0iYsVi-000KGMC at srchtec.uucp> mra%srchtec.uucp at MATHCS.EMORY.EDU (Michael Almond) writes:

| 	I'm installing libg++ version 1.37.0 on a DECstation 2100 running
| Ultrix 4.1.  In malloc.c fputs and fprintf use const in their declarations.
| In /usr/include/stdio.h they don't have these and the compiler complains about
| incompatiable type delcarations.  I commented out the ones in malloc.c and let
| the one's in stdio.h do the work.  The code compiled after I made this change.

Sigh, I would have hoped that DEC would have fixed these bogus header
files in Ultrix 4.1.  What's happening is DEC within a __STDC__ ifdef,
supplied prototypes that do not match ANSI.  In particular, the
'const' keyword was removed.  I speculate that this is because the
MIPS compiler shipped with 2.0, does not fully support ANSI, but since
it's within a __STDC__ section, and their compiler does not define
__STDC__, I have to wonder why.......
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Considering the flames and intolerance, shouldn't USENET be spelled ABUSENET?