Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> writes:
> It sometimes happens that the signature of a function changes and it is
> forgotten to update all prototypes.
>
> If the prototype is in a header file, gcc tells about the mistake.
>
> If the prototype is in the C file gcc can't help us and it might take
> some time until someone tracks the source of the nasty runtime problems
> this might cause.
>
> It's your choice as subsystem maintainer which header file the
> prototypes should go into - it is only important that both the file with
> the actual function and all users of this function #include this header.
Sounds reasonable, although that's unlikely, because those are
init/exit functions. OK, I'll do this in header cleanup as soon as possible.
Thanks.
--
OGAWA Hirofumi <[email protected]>
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