.H 1 proto

.B proto

converts ANSI C prototype constructs to constructs compatible

with K&R C, ANSI C, and C++.

Only files with the line

.EX

#pragma prototyped

.EE

in the first 64 lines are processed; other files are silently ignored.

This is how

.B advsoft

source is first shipped to foreign architectures.

Once

.B advsoft

is bootstrapped the

.RB non- proto

source can be built using the

.B advsoft

tools.

.P

.B proto

also converts in the other direction by providing

.I extern

prototypes for a collection of K&R source files and by converting

K&R source files in place.

K&R to ANSI is not 100%, but is a good starting point for manual conversion.

.P

.B proto

is token based (no C grammar); this allows it to convert

before C preprocessing, and also allows

.B proto

to be inserted into

the standalone

.BR cpp .

This is how

.B nmake

compiles ANSI C source with K&R compilers.