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Article #2082Re: A declarations without any declarators.
From: Norman Diamond
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 11:13
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 11:13
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In article <1992Nov6.013858.736@netcom.com> rfg@netcom.com (Ronald F. Guilmette) writes:
>Can we all agree that:
> typedef float;
>... violates the first constraint in section 3.5?
I can agree, but ALL of us? Good luck :-)
>Good. Now what about these odd looking declarations:
> typedef struct S;
> typedef enum { red, green, blue };
>It appears that these are standard conforming, yes?
Yup. There's a famous line saying something like, rules that would prohibit
ugly code would also prohibit good code. Now this raises the question of
why the first constraint in section 3.5 is there in the first place.
--
Norman Diamond diamond@jit081.enet.dec.com
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Newsgroups: comp.std.c Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!jrdzzz.jrd.dec.com!jit345.bad.jit.dec.com!diamond From: diamond@jit345.bad.jit.dec.com (Norman Diamond) Subject: Re: A declarations without any declarators. Message-ID: <BxAKJ8.Iu7@jrd.dec.com> Sender: usenet@jrd.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: jit345 Reply-To: diamond@jit.dec.com (Norman Diamond) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan , Tokyo References: <1992Nov6.013858.736@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 11:13:56 GMT Lines: 19