Proposal: convert function definitions to prototyped form

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 10:50:39 -0700
> From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@cygnus.com>
>
> That's why I wrote check-decls (see 
>     http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-06/msg00028.html
> ) which takes the result of comparing (via diff -u) the original
> sources with the protoized sources and produces a C source file in
> which the portions from the protoized sources are used to construct
> prototypes and the portions from the original sources are used to
> construct (potentially?) corresponding function definitions.  We can
> then invoke the C compiler (gcc -c -Wall) on the result and see what
> kinds of warnings and errors are produced.

I saw that script, but I don't like the idea to depend on a human to
judge what GCC warnings are okay to ignore and what aren't.  I'd
prefer an automated tool that would give a definite yes/no answer, if
that's possible.