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diff --git a/src/ansi2knr.1 b/src/ansi2knr.1 index 434ce8f04..f9ee5a631 100644 --- a/src/ansi2knr.1 +++ b/src/ansi2knr.1 @@ -1,19 +1,36 @@ -.TH ANSI2KNR 1 "31 December 1990" +.TH ANSI2KNR 1 "19 Jan 1996" .SH NAME ansi2knr \- convert ANSI C to Kernighan & Ritchie C .SH SYNOPSIS .I ansi2knr -input_file output_file +[--varargs] input_file [output_file] .SH DESCRIPTION If no output_file is supplied, output goes to stdout. .br There are no error messages. .sp .I 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 if the last character on each line but the last is a left parenthesis or comma. These algorithms ignore whitespace and comments, except that the function name must be the first thing on the line. +recognizes function definitions 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, and with a left brace as the first token on the +following line (ignoring possible intervening comments). It will recognize a +multi-line header provided that no intervening line ends with a left or right +brace or a semicolon. These algorithms ignore whitespace and comments, except +that the function name must be the first thing on the line. .sp The following constructs will confuse it: .br - - Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the above syntax (such as a macro or function call). + - Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the +above syntax (such as a macro or function call). .br - - Macros that tinker with the syntax of the function header. + - Some macros that tinker with the syntax of the function header. +.sp +The --varargs switch is obsolete, and is recognized only for +backwards compatibility. The present version of +.I ansi2knr +will always attempt to convert a ... argument to va_alist and va_dcl. +.SH 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>. |