From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:49:43 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <248903d52e08aa172aa77d4bb16c136b@brasstown.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] incompatible type signature Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7e2d1798-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I presumed I missed the obvious errors because I didn't know what to > look for. I'll see if I can internalise this for future use. With > the CVS sources, turning on "T" creates an avalanche of errors. I > suspect the same goes for OpenLDAP. it's surprising how many large projects rely on vigilance rather than typechecking. personally, if i have to cunningly outwit a c compiler, i'd rather it be something the compiler can't actually do itself. fwiw, cpython didn't have these problems, though it did expect more up-to-date posix compliance. speaking of which.... if anyone has an itch to contribute, and doesn't mind getting dirty, it sure would be nice to bring APE in line with POSIX.1-2008. contact me offline if interested. - erik