1 .TH ANSI2KNR 1 "19 Jan 1996"

     2 .SH NAME

     3 ansi2knr \- convert ANSI C to Kernighan & Ritchie C

     4 .SH SYNOPSIS

     5 .I ansi2knr

     6 [--varargs] input_file [output_file]

     7 .SH DESCRIPTION

     8 If no output_file is supplied, output goes to stdout.

     9 .br

    10 There are no error messages.

    11 .sp

    12 .I ansi2knr

    13 recognizes function definitions by seeing a non-keyword identifier at the left

    14 margin, followed by a left parenthesis, with a right parenthesis as the last

    15 character on the line, and with a left brace as the first token on the

    16 following line (ignoring possible intervening comments).  It will recognize a

    17 multi-line header provided that no intervening line ends with a left or right

    18 brace or a semicolon.  These algorithms ignore whitespace and comments, except

    19 that the function name must be the first thing on the line.

    20 .sp

    21 The following constructs will confuse it:

    22 .br

    23      - Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the

    24 above syntax (such as a macro or function call).

    25 .br

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

    27 .sp

    28 The --varargs switch is obsolete, and is recognized only for

    29 backwards compatibility.  The present version of

    30 .I ansi2knr

    31 will always attempt to convert a ... argument to va_alist and va_dcl.

    32 .SH AUTHOR

    33 L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> wrote the original ansi2knr and

    34 continues to maintain the current version; most of the code in the current

    35 version is his work.  ansi2knr also includes contributions by Francois

    36 Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> and Jim Avera <jima@netcom.com>.