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Article #1847Re: X3J11 Pleasanton meeting summary
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 1990 21:23
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 1990 21:23
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In article <3427@mcrware.UUCP> jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) writes:
-In article <13996@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
-> 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 */
-If this is the current interpretation, then it is not consistent with the
-"Semantics" portion of section 3.5 (lines 30-31, p.70), which states
Where did you get your copy of the Standard? Your page numbers don't
agree with mine.
-"If an identifier for an object is declared with no linkage, the type
-for the object shall be complete by the end of its declarator, or by
-the end of its init-declarator if it has an initializer."
I don't know why you think that this would apply. The object "x" in
my example has external linkage.
-So...does this reflect an official change in the standard?
Of course not. X3J11 is not in a position to change the standard now.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!purdue!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: X3J11 Pleasanton meeting summary Keywords: X3J11 Pleasanton meeting C standard interpretations Message-ID: <14173@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 17 Oct 90 21:23:38 GMT References: <13996@smoke.BRL.MIL> <3427@mcrware.UUCP> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 23