scope of a structure tag

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From: holub
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1989 22:53

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I'm confused about the scope of a structure tag. Is the following legal
in ANSI C:

	struct tag1
	{
		struct tag2
		{
			int a, b;	
		} x;
	}

	struct tag3
	{
		struct tag2 y;
	}

or does the inner structure have to be redefined in tag3?

	- Allen Holub
	 holub@violet.berkeley.edu
	 ...!ucbvax!violet!holub

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