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Re: "call of function without prototype"
I guess my question is, why do you need the intermediary .h file?

If fileA.c has function "drive(int,int)", and both fileB.c and fileC.c need that function, why not call the function from fileA.c, instead of the prototype from fileA.h?

Maybe I missed your original idea. Does the .h file act as a condenser, #including prototypes from several files, so that instead of calling fileA,B,C.c, you simply call Condenser.h that contains all these prototypes?

Or does it simply act as a place holder, so that you can execute higher level code, while the function is still not actually written? So it calls the function prototype, so it will compile, but so that when you execute it, it does nothing? Thanks!
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