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From: steve@groucho.ucar.edu (Steve Emmerson)
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Subject: Re: multiple definitions of identifiers with external linkage
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Date: 28 Nov 89 15:00:12 GMT
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eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) writes:

>Thus, the following program is strictly conforming even though it's
>``obviously'' wrong:

>	int F(){return 0;}
>	int F(){return 1;}
>	int V = 0;
>	int V = 1;
>	int main(){return 0;}

That's right.  pANS C -- just like the old C -- still allows you to 
write nonsense programs.

But, ah..., why would you want to?

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