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Subject: Re: 2.2.18 signal.h 
In-Reply-To: Message from "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> 
   of "Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:34:41 CDT." <Pine.LNX.3.95.1001215131538.1528B-100000@chaos.analogic.com> 
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:06:36 -0300
From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
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"Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> said:

[...]

> 	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.

AFAIR (rather dimly... no K&R at hand here) if you have an extern
declaration inside a block, it will be visible only within that block. The
object itself certainly is file scope (or larger).
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