[Info-vax] C... the only winning move is not to play...

[hb]

On 02/10/2014 12:17 AM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> I've encountered a VMS library call prototype that is incorrect.  How can
> I override/overwrite the prototype in my source to make it correct?  I've
> used other routines from this library without issue save for this one.  Is
> there a #pragma that allows for or provides this?  I've read the on-line
> help but don't see anything under #pragma.
>

What's the problem? Something like ...
$ cre x.h
int foo (int,int);
[ Exit ]
$ cre x.c
#include "x.h"
int bar (void) { return foo(1,2,3)+foo(1,2,3,4); }
[ Exit ]
$ cc x

int bar (void) { return foo(1,2,3)+foo(1,2,3,4); }
........................^
%CC-E-TOOMANYARGS, In this statement, "foo" expects 2 arguments, but 3 
are supplied.
at line number 2 in file DISK$USER:[USER]x.c;1

int bar (void) { return foo(1,2,3)+foo(1,2,3,4); }
...................................^
%CC-E-TOOMANYARGS, In this statement, "foo" expects 2 arguments, but 4 
are supplied.
at line number 2 in file DISK$USER:[USER]x.c;1
$

You can just #define the function to something totally different, #undef 
it later and add the correct prototype, like

# define foo(x,y) unusedAndUseless
#include "x.h"
# undef foo
int foo (int,int,...);
int bar (void) { return foo(1,2,3)+foo(1,2,3,4); }

$ cc x
$