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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
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Subject: Re: Why are typedef names in the same name space as variable names?
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Date: Thu, 20-Nov-86 21:27:52 EST
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There is already a problem with telling when the declarations end.
Consider this program:

	main() {
		a;      /* declare an integer variable */
		a = 1;  /* put something in it */
	}

Every C compiler I have tried complains about an undeclared variable on
line 2.  If "a" is a global, they have no problem:

	a;
	main() {
		a = 1;
	}
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