ansi2knr(1)

ansi2knr1

Convert ansi c to kernighan & ritchie c

Usage

ansi2knr [--filename filename] [input_file [output_file]]

Overview

--filename provides the file name for the #line directive in the output, overriding input_file (if present).

If no input_file is supplied, input is read from stdin.

If no output_file is supplied, output goes to stdout.

There are no error messages.

ansi2knr recognizes function definitions by seeing a non-keyword identifier at the left margin, followed by a left parenthesis, with a right parenthesis as the last character on the line, and with a left brace as the first token on the following line (ignoring possible intervening comments). It will recognize a multi-line header provided that no intervening line ends with a left or right brace or a semicolon. These algorithms ignore whitespace and comments, except that the function name must be the first thing on the line.

The following constructs will confuse it:

- Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the above syntax (such as a macro or function call).

- Some macros that tinker with the syntax of the function header.

The --varargs switch is obsolete, and is recognized only for backwards compatibility. The present version of ansi2knr will always attempt to convert a ... argument to va_alist and va_dcl.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 1.1
  2. 2.0–2.1
  3. 2.2

Author

L. Peter Deutsch <[email protected]> wrote the original ansi2knr and continues to maintain the current version; most of the code in the current version is his work. ansi2knr also includes contributions by Francois Pinard <[email protected]> and Jim Avera <[email protected]>.

From dgs 0.5.9.1+000216-6 in Debian 2.2 (Potato). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.