1 rizwank 1.1 .TH ANSI2KNR 1 "19 Jan 1996"
 2             .SH NAME
 3             ansi2knr \- convert ANSI C to Kernighan & Ritchie C
 4             .SH SYNOPSIS
 5             .I ansi2knr
 6             [--varargs] input_file [output_file]
 7             .SH DESCRIPTION
 8             If no output_file is supplied, output goes to stdout.
 9             .br
10             There are no error messages.
11             .sp
12             .I ansi2knr
13             recognizes function definitions by seeing a non-keyword identifier at the left
14             margin, followed by a left parenthesis, with a right parenthesis as the last
15             character on the line, and with a left brace as the first token on the
16             following line (ignoring possible intervening comments).  It will recognize a
17             multi-line header provided that no intervening line ends with a left or right
18             brace or a semicolon.  These algorithms ignore whitespace and comments, except
19             that the function name must be the first thing on the line.
20             .sp
21             The following constructs will confuse it:
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23                  - Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the
24             above syntax (such as a macro or function call).
25             .br
26                  - Some macros that tinker with the syntax of the function header.
27             .sp
28             The --varargs switch is obsolete, and is recognized only for
29             backwards compatibility.  The present version of
30             .I ansi2knr
31             will always attempt to convert a ... argument to va_alist and va_dcl.
32             .SH AUTHOR
33             L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com> wrote the original ansi2knr and
34             continues to maintain the current version; most of the code in the current
35             version is his work.  ansi2knr also includes contributions by Francois
36             Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> and Jim Avera <jima@netcom.com>.