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From: keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: K&R App A, par. 8 & 8.2, on Declarations
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Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 09:56:06 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 13 09:56:06 1984
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    The problem is just one more inconsistency in K&R and subsequent versions
of the C Reference Manual.  Although 18.4 defines data-definition as having
everything optional, and 10. implies that both type and storage class may be
empty simultaneously, 10.2 says "An external data definition has the form
data definition: declaration."  and a "declaration" must have at least a type
or storage-class specifier.  The System V release 1 document has the same 
inconsistency.  I hope the ANSI standard cleans this up.
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			    Morris M. Keesan
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