| .TH ANSI2KNR 1 "19 Jan 1996" |
| .SH NAME |
| ansi2knr \- convert ANSI C to Kernighan & Ritchie C |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .I ansi2knr |
| [--varargs] input_file [output_file] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| If no output_file is supplied, output goes to stdout. |
| .br |
| There are no error messages. |
| .sp |
| .I 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. |
| .sp |
| The following constructs will confuse it: |
| .br |
| - Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the |
| above syntax (such as a macro or function call). |
| .br |
| - Some macros that tinker with the syntax of the function header. |
| .sp |
| The --varargs switch is obsolete, and is recognized only for |
| backwards compatibility. The present version of |
| .I ansi2knr |
| will always attempt to convert a ... argument to va_alist and va_dcl. |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> 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 <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> and Jim Avera <jima@netcom.com>. |
