Re: Function-prototype scope: Why?

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From: Larry Jones
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 19:53

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In article <4440gl$htt@gatekeeper.atml.co.uk>, jrr@atml.co.uk (John Rickard) writes:
> So far as I can tell from the standard, if struct S is an incomplete
> structure type that is never completed in the translation unit, there
> are no requirements for the type struct S * to be compatible with, or
> have the same representation as, any other type.

That oversight is corrected by a forthcoming Technical Corrigendum -- a
never-completed structure (union) type in one translation unit is
compatible with any structure (union) type in another translation unit. 
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