[Mingw-users] Re: [Maybe-OT] implicit declaration of function `int access(...)'

[<dan...@ya...>]

 --- Oscar Fuentes <of...@wa...> wrote: > "Wu Yongwei" <ad...@ne...>
writes:
> 
> > Hey, why not find a good C manual or look up in MSDN yourself? The
> > "implicit declarations" indicates that your code may have problems,
> > not including a necessary header file or so. I don't think your
> > question is MinGW specific.
> 
> Some weeks ago we discussed here if non mingw specific questions
> should be answered on this list. We concluded that it would be a Good
> Thing (TM) to keep mingw users resorting to other mingw users for
> every aspect related to his programming activities, which covers
> general language issues too. This way we create a sense of "community"
> that strengthenss the project and attracts people.
> 
I agree with Oscar.  A new user does't alway know if a problem is mingw or
gcc or msvcrt.dll specific or a generic language mistake.  A simple
response like "It is a good idea to use -Wall switch when compiling" or
"Try gcc -v --help" often is enough.  

We've all been there.

If a users suspect that their query may be off-topic, it would be nice if
they flagged it as [OT] or [C-lang] or even [Maybe-OT] in subject line.  In
time some convention could catch on.  

Danny


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