Parenthesized type name in parameter declaration

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From: Paul Long
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 19:11

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What is meant by this passage in the Sematics section of 6.5.4.3?

"In a parameter declaration, a single typedef name in parentheses is taken to
be an abstract declarator that specifies a function with a single parameter,
not as a redundant parentheses around the identifier for a declarator."

From a literal reading, it sounds like it is describing the following
situation, but I believe this is a syntax error, which precludes any semantic
interpretation.

   typedef int x;
   foo((x));

If this is not an example of what is being described, please provide one.

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Paul Long                               45:29:14N 122:48:09W
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