Re: esql-c ANSI prototypes

>From: jlumbley@netcom.com (Joe Lumbley) >Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 18:40:52 GMT >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.32973> > >Joan Armstrong (joana@vcd.hp.com) wrote: >: Sorry if this should be well-known (to me), but does esql-c 7.2 >: support ANSI prototypes? > >Yes, you need to: > >$include sqlproto.h Actually, although that will work on Windows (95/NT) platforms, on Unix, that header does not exist: $ ls /usr/informix/7.21.UC1/incl/esqlblob.h locator.h sqlhdr.h sqlxtype.h xa.h datetime.h sqlca.h sqlstype.h value.h decimal.h sqlda.h sqltypes.h varchar.h $ However, on Unix, sqlhdr.h is always included in the C code, and sqlhdr.h does provide prototypes -- provided that __STDC__ is defined. If __STDC__ is not defined, no prototypes are in force. Also, there is no compulsion to use $include in preference to #include; there is no code in sqlproto.h that helps the ESQL/C preprocessor out, so if you use #include, only the C preprocessor gets to worry about sqlproto.h. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>