Re: [Bug-gnulib] 03-getndelim2-c89.diff

[Jim Meyering]

Derek Robert Price <address@hidden> wrote:
> What about the pre-ANSI C function declarations in memmove.c and maybe
> elsewhere:
>
> void *
> memmove (dest, source, length)
>      char *dest;
>      const char *source;
>      unsigned length;
> {
>
> Is that just lack of motivation to update them or is there a reason
> for leaving them that way?

It's that way only because glibc is still that way and
we use the same code.  With a little luck, warts like
this won't remain in glibc for too much longer.