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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Scope of externals definitions
Message-ID: <6497@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 23:23:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6497
Posted: Wed Sep 30 23:23:01 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Oct-87 05:41:54 EDT
References: <8652@utzoo.UUCP> <69800001@cdp>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <69800001@cdp> cprodehl@cdp.UUCP writes:
>Declaring a function (or prototype for that matter) inside block scope
>is now undefined behavior.  ...

Hi, Courtney!  My notes have it that it is undefined only if
declared "static", not in general.
	{
	extern void *malloc(unsigned);	/* okay */
	void mysubr(void);		/* okay */
	static void another(void);	/* undefined, may work or may not */
	...
	}