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Complying with standard C

Examples

Appropriate use of __STDC__ produces a header file that can be used for both old and new compilers:

   header.h:

struct s { /* ... */ }; #ifdef __STDC__ void errmsg(int, ...); struct s *f(const char *); int g(void); #else void errmsg(); struct s *f(); int g(); #endif

The following function uses prototypes and can still be compiled on an older system:
   struct s *
   #ifdef __STDC__
   f(const char *p)
   #else
   f(p) char *p;
   #endif
   {
       /* ... */
   }
The following is an updated source file (as with choice 3 above). The local function still uses an old style definition, but a prototype is included for newer compilers:
   source.c:

#include <header.h> typedef /* ... */ MyType; #ifdef __STDC__ static void del(MyType *); /* ... */ #endif static void del(p) MyType *p; { /* ... */ } /* ... */


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