Thread: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `s'??

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    warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `s'??

    Hi,
    Does anyone know why gcc would give me this error on the line in red?
    warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `s'
    Code:
    if ( in_file != (char *) NULL ) {
    	char *s;
    
    	if (! chk_suffix( in_file, ".rpc" ) )
    		errorf( 413, "invalid input file name %s", in_file );
    		
    	s = mod_name( in_file, ".rpc", ".h", STRIPDIR );
    	header = STRCPY(s);
    	if ( source == (char *) NULL ) {
    		s = mod_name( in_file, ".rpc", ".c", STRIPDIR );
    		source = STRCPY(s);
    	}
    }
    s is obviously declared as a char* a few lines above it...
    mod_name() returns a char*.

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    Probably barking up the wrong tree, but is mod_name() properly declared and defined to return a char *?

    Other than that, it looks right to me.

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    It's defined as:
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    extern char *mod_name();

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    Can you provide a minimal complete compilable example?
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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