From: neil <neil@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:59:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: 	* README.Portability: Correct example about calling a function
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	* README.Portability: Correct example about calling a function
	through a pointer to function.  Format wide paragraphs.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@35043 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 8a5201d..7199aea 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-07-15  Neil Booth  <NeilB@earthling.net>
+
+	* README.Portability: Correct example about calling a function
+	through a pointer to function.  Format wide paragraphs.
+
 2000-07-15  Michael Meissner  <meissner@redhat.com>
 
 	* README.Portability: Update integer suffixes and function
diff --git a/gcc/README.Portability b/gcc/README.Portability
index d6c8aec..cc5fa32 100644
--- a/gcc/README.Portability
+++ b/gcc/README.Portability
@@ -155,22 +155,23 @@ ansidecl.h for the definitions of the above macros and more.
 #define PARAMS(paramlist)  ()         /* K+R C.  */
 #define VPARAMS(args)   (va_alist) va_dcl
 
-One aspect of using K+R style function declarations, is you cannot have
-arguments whose types are char, short, or float, since without prototypes (ie,
-K+R rules), these types are promoted to int, int, and double respectively.
+One aspect of using K+R style function declarations, is you cannot
+have arguments whose types are char, short, or float, since without
+prototypes (ie, K+R rules), these types are promoted to int, int, and
+double respectively.
 
 Calling functions through pointers to functions
 -----------------------------------------------
 
 K+R C compilers require brackets around the dereferenced pointer
-variable.  For example
+variable, whereas ISO C relaxes the syntax.  For example
 
 typedef void (* cl_directive_handler) PARAMS ((cpp_reader *, const char *));
-      p->handler (pfile, p->arg);
+      *p->handler (pfile, p->arg);
 
 needs to become
 
-      (p->handler) (pfile, p->arg);
+      (*p->handler) (pfile, p->arg);
 
 
 Macros
@@ -244,11 +245,12 @@ them.
 Suffixes on Integer Constants
 -----------------------------
 
-K+R C did not accept a 'u' suffix on integer constants.  If you want to declare
-a constant to be be unsigned, you must use an explicit cast.
+K+R C did not accept a 'u' suffix on integer constants.  If you want
+to declare a constant to be be unsigned, you must use an explicit
+cast.
 
-You should never use a 'l' suffix on integer constants ('L' is fine), since it
-can easily be confused with the number '1'.
+You should never use a 'l' suffix on integer constants ('L' is fine),
+since it can easily be confused with the number '1'.
 
 
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