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I originally started this thread because it was not working under Visual C++, and thought that perhaps it was just MS that did not comply with the C standard, but alas, the standard says no!:(

I was in contact with Dennis Ritchie of "Kernigan and Ritchie" fame, and he said he doesn't think it is in C99, and definitely wasn't in previous standards.:(

It is such a pity!:confused:

Yea, I've been on C++ since '94 and didn't know if C was updated to handle default values for function prototype parameters.

We're busy with a very intense project that is cramped into a very...

Then it is fine!

This is what I have in my header file:

/* sc.h */

sc_error_t DllDeclare SCSetUser_Privilege_IPSecAPIKey(
char *pchUserKey,
char *pchPrivilegeKey,
BOOL fSA = TRUE, :confused:
...

I tried it with Visual C++ 6, and it doesn't allow it. Is it actually in the ISO C standard?

Hi,

I would like to know if "C" allows one to put default values in function prototypes like in "C++?"

Here is an example:

int SetName( char *pchName, BOOL fNewName = TRUE ); :confused:
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