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From: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Prototypes local or global opinions wanted
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.160014.4548@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 91 16:00:14 GMT
References: <1991Jun20.202241.7531@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <4845@inews.intel.com>
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
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In article <4845@inews.intel.com>, bhoughto@hopi.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
> In article <1991Jun24.132406.1@acad3.alaska.edu> fxsdb@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
>> In article <6592@trantor.harris-atd.com>, mvm@caesun6.harris-atd.com (Matt Mahoney) writes:
>>> Functions are always global, so their prototypes should be global too.
>> Functions can be declared locally with local prototypes [...]
> Block-scoped function definitions can import block-scoped variables.

Are you aware you're cross-posting to comp.lang.c as well as .c++?

(Block-scoped functions don't exist in C.)

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