Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:19:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:19:34 -0500 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:29961 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:19:24 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.2.18 signal.h To: root@chaos.analogic.com Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:50:21 +0000 (GMT) Cc: Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com (Franz Sirl), andrea@suse.de (Andrea Arcangeli), mblack@csihq.com (Mike Black), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (linux-kernel@vger.kernel.or) In-Reply-To: from "Richard B. Johnson" at Dec 15, 2000 01:34:41 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > void foo() > { > extern int a; > if(a) goto a; > return; > a: > printf("%d\n", a); > } > > Both examples allow an extern declaration inside a function scope > which is also contrary to any (even old) 'C' standards. 'extern' > is always file scope, there's no way to make it otherwise. extern in function scope is in original C. In fact its even _older_ than that its in the B compiler too - although in B its 'extrn' not 'extern'. Alan (yes I programmed in B) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/