[wplug] C Language Question

Jason Jerome jjerome2 at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 8 09:27:46 EST 2005


Could this just be a maintenance issue?  The parameter might have been
used in the past, but no longer used now.  

 --- "Diana A. Clarion" <dclarion at fnordnet.net> wrote:

> I've been looking at some code that involves signal handlers, and
> have
> encountered a construct I simply don't recognize.
> 
> The context:  A handler for SIGINT
> 
> void intr(int ignore)
> {
> 	(void)ignore;
> 	siglongjmp(toplevel, 1);
> }
> 
> The construct in question is "(void)ignore;".  I just don't seem to
> be able to
> find a reference to it anywhere.  Is it a cast to some sort of 'void
> variable',
> to ensure that the variable 'ignore' is unusable, or is it something
> else?
> 
> Many much thanks in advance,
> DAC
> 
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> 
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