nrand48 source code looks weird ?

[Skybuck Flying]

This is the source code for nrand48 from gnuwin32 libgw32c

long int nrand48 (xsubi) unsigned short int xsubi[3];
{
long int result;

(void) __nrand48_r (xsubi, &__libc_drand48 _data, &result);

return result;
}

// long int nrand48 (xsubi) unsigned short int xsubi[3];

What does the 'unsigned short int xsubi[3];' part mean after '(xsubi)' ?

The prototype in stdlib.h from the binaries is: (for some reason stdlib.h
was not in source distribution ?)

extern long int nrand48 (unsigned short int __xsubi[3]) __THROW;

So at first sight I would guess it has to do with throwing exceptions... but
now that I look at it again it I think it's the type for xsubi.

The original looks really weird:

1. long int nrand48 (xsubi) unsigned short int xsubi[3];

Isn't that supposed to look like this:

2. long int nrand48 (unsigned short int xsubi[3] );

Why did they write it as 1. ?

Is that just their preferred way of writing it down... or does it have some
sort of functionality ?

The prototype then again looks like 2. !? huh ?! :)

Euhm... Could this be a case of wacky c programmers ? eh.

Bye,
Skybuck.

[Harti Brandt]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Orhan Kavrakoglu wrote:

OK>On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:15:44 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"
OK><no****@hotm ail.com> wrote:
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OK>><Je******** ***@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote in message
OK>>news:2l**** ********@uni-berlin.de...
OK>>> Skybuck Flying <no****@hotmail .com> wrote:
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OK>>Thx for the description... Lol... it must be painfull to code in C :D
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OK>We're all sadists in this manner :)

And he probably hasn't see Intercal yet.

harti