Q61315: Mixing Prototype Styles Generates C2059 Syntax Error in C 6.00

Article: Q61315
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10 6.00 | 5.10 6.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist6.00 | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 29-MAY-1990

If parameter list declarations are used with type list declarations in
a prototype, Microsoft C version 6.00 will generate a syntax error.

Code Example
------------

void foo(int x, float);     // Error C2059: Syntax Error ')'
void main(void)
{
   int x=1, y=2;
   foo(x, y);
}
void foo(int a, int b)
{
}

The following are suggested workarounds:

1. Prototype with a parameter list. For example:

      void foo(int x, float y);

2. Prototype with a type list. For example:

      void foo(int, float);

Since ANSI does allow mixing declarators and abstract declarators in
the same prototype, this error message is incorrect.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in C version 6.00. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here as it
becomes available.

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