Parameter Types in Old-Style Function Definitions

[Henry Spencer]

In article <10391 at pt.cs.cmu.edu> hjelm at g.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Mark Hjelm) writes:
>    f(a, b)
>        float a;
>        char b;
>    {
>
>Is the type of "a" (as seen inside of "f") float or double or either?
>Is the type of "b" char or int or either? 

The types are, in all cases except arrays (which silently turn into
pointers), precisely as declared.  In general, this can involve
conversions as part of the function-entry sequence.
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