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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: The D Programming Language (was: Still more new operators)
Message-ID: <7362@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 28 Feb 88 00:49:01 GMT
References: <11702@brl-adm.ARPA> <243@eagle_snax.UUCP> <2245@geac.UUCP> <2718@mmintl.UUCP> <1988Feb25.202237.8688@utzoo.uucp> <1020@maccs.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1020@maccs.UUCP> gordan@maccs.UUCP (gordan) writes:
>... defaulting to int.  _Has_ this been changed in ANSI C?

No, like other warts, since this is widely used in correctly-written
(according to K&R rules) C code, and since it does not pose any true
technical problems, it must continue to be tolerated.  Fix it in "D".