Re: what's wrong with atof() and casting?

Hello, Jack!
You wrote on Wed, 29 Jun 2005 01:52:19 -0500:

??>> Why is compilation and linking of code successful even without
??>> including stdlib.h? At least linking error should arise, no ?

JK> Prior to the 1999 update to the C language standard, it was allowed to
JK> call a function without any sort of declaration or prototype in scope.
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Moreover, atoi() and atof() are both defined in stdlib.h but only #include
<stdio.h> is put in the source code. Why does compilation succeed anyway?

With best regards, Roman Mashak. E-mail: mrv@xxxxxxxx


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