Subject: Re: /dev/console
To: None <current-users@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: John F. Woods <jfw@ksr.com>
List: current-users
Date: 04/08/1994 11:11:34
> > ! 		ftruncate(fileno(tmpfd), (off_t)0);
> 
> Why not include include the proper prototypes and let the compiler do all
> the mirky casting? This will keep down the number and size of patches required.

Prototypes are a crutch for the weak.

		:-)

More seriously, going through and actually looking for these things will
probably uncover other mistakes as well; what we really need is a genuine "lint".

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