src/png/ansi2knr.1

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  28 The --varargs switch is obsolete, and is recognized only for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