[comp.lang.c] jmp_buf

henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (05/26/89)

In article <13415@haddock.ima.isc.com> karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:
>... what *should* have been done was to typedef jmp_buf as a
>struct, and use "&" explicitly.  That's what the rest of the library uses when
>call by reference is required.

Yup.  It would have made sense.  Too late now, though -- it would mean
fixing a lot of code.
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