Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!network!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpcllla!hpclisp!hpclwjm!walter From: walter@hpclwjm.HP.COM (Walter Murray) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: passing *char parameters by reference Message-ID: <660050@hpclwjm.HP.COM> Date: 12 Aug 89 00:38:07 GMT References: <1424@novavax.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab Lines: 9 >>Would someone be kind enough to tell me why this program fails? >Because it wasn't run through lint... If you use function prototypes, an ANSI-conforming compiler will also catch this kind of error. Walter Murray ----------