[DGD] Re: #Including code.

[Felix A. Croes]

"Troels Therkelsen" <troels at 2-10.org> wrote:

>[...]
> > > a.c:
> > > ----
> > >   void test_proto();
> > > 
> > >   void test_proto() {
> > >     print("*** A ***");
> > >   }
>[...]
> IOW, if you *don't* prototype test_proto() in a.c then do_stuff1() will
> indeed print "*** A ***".  Many people who use function prototypes per
> default (simply because that's how the defacto standard is in C and they
> apply it linearily to LPC aswell) are not aware of this.

The prototype makes no difference.  test_proto() is masked by object B,
therefore the one in object B is called, even from object A.

There would be a bug if the prototype <did> make such a difference, but
it is not a bug that exists in DGD.

Regards,
Dworkin
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