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From: mkhaw@vaxd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: functions declared inside blocks with storage class
Message-ID: <12570@vaxd.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 11-Jun-87 01:21:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: vaxd.12570
Posted: Thu Jun 11 01:21:17 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jun-87 07:44:54 EDT
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Given:

foo1()
{
	static int bar();
}

foo2()
{
	extern int bar();
}

foo3()
{
	int bar();
}

My understanding of C tells me that the "static" and "extern" qualifiers
in foo1() and foo2() are basically NO-OPs, (regardless of whether bar() is
defined in the same file or elsewhere).  If I'm wrong please enlighten me.

I'm wondering because lint complains about a "static" function declaration
that "redefinition hides earlier one".  Is lint just being stupid about
"static" within a block and treating it like a variable declaration?

Thanks,
Mike Khaw
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