C51: Error C267 ('function': Requires Ansi-style Prototype)

Information in this article applies to:

• C51 Version 5 and Later

QUESTION

I've received the following error message while compiling my program:

Error C267: 'func_foo': requires ANSI-style prototype

What does this message mean?

ISSUE

If this error message appears by itself, it indicates that the function prototype for func_foo() has an empty parameter list, but the function definition of func_foo() includes parameters. Function prototypes must match function definitions.

Sometime this error also appears if the compiler cannot find the header file for a project. If so, resolve the other errors in the output window, to resolve this one.

RESOLUTION

Find the prototype and either remove it or update it so that its arguments match that of the definition. Function prototypes must proceed function references in the source file, otherwise the compiler may interpret a function call as a function prototype.

If the error is for a function pointer, or for C code to Assembly code, pay attention to the compiler syntax rules in the manual.

If the issue is difficult to resolve, PC-LINT can provide more details, see an example here.

MORE INFORMATION

• Refer to Error C267 in the Cx51 User's Guide.
• C51: Warning 206 (Missing Function Prototype)
• Refer to Function Declarations in the Cx51 User's Guide.
• FORUM: ANSI Style Prototype
• FORUM:C Structure (Keil Compiler
• FORUM:c206-warning-amp-c267-error-while-using-atoi-function

SEE ALSO

• C51: Passing Parameters to Indirectly Called Functions
• C51: How are Function Parameters Handled?
• Refer to Function Pointers in the Cx51 User's Guide.
• Refer to Interfacing C to Assembler in the Cx51 User's Guide.
• Application Note 129: Function Pointers in C51

Last Reviewed: Thursday, February 25, 2021