int




                                      my_function_name

(




char *

                          some_parameter

              ,






          int another_parameter)

name [a-zA-z][0-9A-Za-z_]*
type void|int|char|long  /*etc....*/
ws [ \t]+
lparen "("
rparen ")"

function {type}{ws}{name}{ws}{lparen}{optional parameters here}{rparen}

void insertInfoHeader (char		inputFile[], 
					   char		outputFile[],
					   Flags	&infoHeaderFlags)
{
    //  input & output files
	ifstream file_input;
	ofstream file_output;
    //  will be used in copy(...) for writing file
    ostream_iterator<string> os (file_output, "\n");
    
    //  vector for saving contents of file_input...
	vector <string> file_buffer;
    //  and its iterator
    vector <string>::const_iterator file_bufferBegin;
    //  used in getline loop as temporary storage
    string currInputLine;

	try
	{
        file_input.open  (inputFile,  ios::in);
        file_output.open (outputFile, ios::trunc);

        if (!(file_input))
            reportError (FileErr ("Input"), OPEN_FAIL);
        if (!(file_output))
            reportError (FileErr ("Output"), OPEN_FAIL);

        //  Fill the buffer vector with lines from input file.
        //  thanks to ILoveVectors for this suggestion.
        while ( getline( file_input, currInputLine, '\n' ) )
        {
            file_buffer.push_back (currInputLine);
        }

        //  let's modify buffer vector...
        //	iterate through it
        for ( file_bufferBegin = file_buffer.begin();
              file_bufferBegin != file_buffer.end();
              ++file_bufferBegin; )
        {
            cout << endl
                 << file_buffer.back ();
            file_buffer.pop_back ();
        }

        //  and finally, write changes into os.
        //  os is iterator for output file.
        copy (file_buffer.begin(), file_buffer.end(), os);
	}
	catch (exception &exc) 
	{
		cout << "\nException catched!\n"
			 << __DATE__ << "\t" << __TIME__ <<" ."
			 << "\nreport : " << exc.what ();
	}		

    //  close opened files
	file_output.close();
    file_input.close ();

}   //  insertInfoHeader()

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