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Article #94Re: int foo[]; vs. extern int foo[];
From: Christopher R Volpe
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 20:49
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 20:49
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In article <BsIFLn.6IH@twwells.com>, bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes:
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|> So, I think that this one remains unresolved. However, I'm leaning
|> towards a literal interpretation, which requires that this be an
|> error.
So, then "int foo[5];" should be an error if seen at the file scope
level without an initialized definition elsewhere in the translation
unit? If so, I think there's a lot of broken code and broken compilers
out there.
-Chris
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|> Bill { uunet | decwrl | telesci }!twwells!bill
|> bill@twwells.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!crdgw1!rdsunx.crd.ge.com!bart!volpe From: volpe@bart.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Christopher R Volpe) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: int foo[]; vs. extern int foo[]; Message-ID: <1992Aug6.204924.15646@crd.ge.com> Date: 6 Aug 92 20:49:24 GMT References: <Bs938o.54A@twwells.com> <14383@ksr.com> <BsIFLn.6IH@twwells.com> Sender: volpe@bart (Christopher R Volpe) Reply-To: volpe@ausable.crd.ge.com Organization: GE Corporate Research & Development Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: bart.crd.ge.com