On 2/6/06, Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:23:40AM +0000, Roger Browne wrote: > > Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > > I'm struggling with good PIR syntax for it > > > though ... Void calls will be common, so it'd be nice to express > > > them easily. > > > > How about a 'void' keyword: > > void foo(bar, baz) > > Being the first proposal, it's pretty much the best one so far. :-, > -- since we already have (as will reminded me) syntax that can be used to express this difference, and it's tested, i may as well mention it.
() = foo(42) works and is tested (the last two tests) in t/compilers/imcc/pcc.t. it was added in order to make it easier for code generators, which previously needed to special-case function calls with no returns, or where they are ignored. ~jerry
