On 10/05/21 13:47, Tom Lane wrote: >> An alternative I've sometimes used elsewhere is to typedef the function >> type itself, and use the * when declaring a pointer to it: >> typedef void Furbinator(char *furbee); > > Is that legal C? I doubt that it was before C99 or so. As noted > in the Ghostscript docs you came across, it certainly wouldn't have > been portable back in the day.
It compiles silently for me with gcc --std=c89 -Wpedantic I think that's the oldest standard I can ask gcc about. Per the manpage, 'c89' is ISO C90 without its amendment 1, and without any gnuisms. Regards, -Chap
