Re: X3J11 Pleasanton meeting summary

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 1990 19:11

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I wrote:
>>	struct foo x;
>>	struct foo { int i; };
>>	/* the above is strictly conforming; incomplete-type objects can
>>	   be defined, so long as by the end of the translation unit the
>>	   type becomes complete so that storage can then be allocated */
>
>Betcha there isn't a compiler on Earth that will accept that today.

Turns out that there are a few.  Bletch.  I have a hard time believing
that there would have been committee consensus on this.
-- 
Imagine life with OS/360 the standard  | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
operating system.  Now think about X.  |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu   utzoo!henry

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