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From: jangr@microsoft.UUCP (Jan Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: "a();" not a valid external declaration in pANS C.
Message-ID: <46@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 89 21:12:14 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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pANS C accepts "int a();" and "a() {}" but not "a();", which is valid K&R C.
I am curious about the rationale behind this change.  Was it "nobody really
uses that construct, and banning it simplifies the grammar"?

Jan Gray  uunet!microsoft!jangr  Microsoft Corp., Redmond Wash.  206-882-8080