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Subject: Prototype declarations inside functions
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Date: Wed, 9-Apr-86 22:02:33 EST
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All this discussion about declarations has me curious about something
and since I don't have a copy of the draft standard, I hope someone who
does will respond.

Can function prototype declarations be made inside functions? The
following is an example of what I mean.

dummy(arg1,arg2)
char *arg1, *arg2;
{
        int function_returning_an_int(char *string_pointer);

        .
        .
        .
}

This is (sort of) the way I currently declare external functions only
needed by the current function. If I can do this, it seems that I will
definitely have the prototypes needed in my current scope at compile
time.

David Linn
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