Re: "ANSI C does not allow extra `;' outside of a function"

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From: Peter Seebach
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:00

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May I ask why GNU C *does* allow this, AFAICT, completely useless extension?
I'm all for functional extensions, but I'm not sure this one buys anyone
anything.

(I was poking about since I've discovered compilers which *do* accept this,
no matter what, and I was looking to see if gcc had fallen prey to the
apparent epidemic.  Of course, it hadn't.)

-s

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