ANSI C => traditional C conversion tool?

[Karl Heuer]

In article <1990Jun9.110055.10004 at druid.uucp> darcy at druid.UUCP (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
>I have never used one of these [ANSI C to Classic C] converters and was
>wondering if they will generate a cast for arguments for which a prototype is
>in scope.  It seems to me that errors can creep in if you don't do this.  Not
>only do ANSI compilers check your parameters to prototyped functions but they
>also perform an automatic cast.

More correctly, they perform an automatic *conversion* (as if by assignment,
not by cast).  For example, a mismatch of `int *' vs `char *' must generate a
diagnostic if there's no explicit cast.

Rather than having the tool add casts to my code, I'd rather have a compiler
option to warn about nontrivial conversions of arguments (or use lint).

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl at ima.ima.isc.com or harvard!ima!karl), The Walking Lint