#if and #endif in different files: legal?

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From: Shankar Unni
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 00:18

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What is the accepted opinion as to the legality of a "#if" and a
"#else" or "#endif" being in different files, as in:

 a.c:

    #ifdef __STDC__
    #include "a.h"

 a.h:

    main() { }
    #endif /* __STDC__ */


Should the above compile? Not compile? Implementation-defined?

Thanks,
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Shankar Unni				E-Mail:	shankar@sgi.com
Silicon Graphics Inc.			Phone:	+1-415-390-2072

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