Thread: Strange syntax

Originally Posted by Memloop

Why would you ever define a function like this:

Code:

void foo(bar)
    int bar;
{
    /* Do something with bar. */
    return;
}

I was reading through some open source project's code when I noticed that a lot of functions looked like that, and I don't think I've ever seen that construct in any book or tutorial.

This is called K&R style function definitions. K&R-style function definitions have been obsolete since 1989.