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From: blodgett@granite.cr.bull.com (Bruce Blodgett)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: Simple questions about array declarations
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Date: 28 Feb 90 22:18:46 GMT
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In-reply-to: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL's message of 28 Feb 90 04:27:30 GMT


To determine the reason that the declaration
	static int array7[];
is not allowed, ask yourself, "if this is the only declaration of
array7, how many elements should the array have?"  The answer, of
course, is that you can't tell.  That is why this is not allowed.

Bruce Blodgett