Re: Function-prototype scope: Why?

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From: Thomas R. Truscott
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 17:17

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>...  Prototype-scope prevents the parameter here
>	int k(struct S *)
>from being fully declared.

SAS Institute has a ton of code with this problem.
Our workaround is:
	struct S;    /* hack to increase scope of "struct S" */
	int k(struct S *)

This prototype-scope problem sure looks like a bug in the standard.
I sure hope it gets fixed.

Tom Truscott

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Subject: Re: Function-prototype scope: Why?
Date: 20 Sep 1995 17:17:45 GMT
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