Archaic and impractical. Example: Instead of using Linux' pragmatic approach to function prototypes:<p>"In function prototypes, include parameter names with their data types.
Although this is not required by the C language, it is preferred in Linux
because it is a simple way to add valuable information for the reader."<p>OpenBSD enforces this:<p>"Prototypes should not have variable names associated with the types; i.e.,
void function(int);
not:
void function(int a);"<p>Instead of letting the code tell the parameters' purposes, this now has to be deduced from informal descriptions, or the function definition in some .c file.