Another bug in C compilers

[stephen at datacube.UUCP]

> I believe I've found a bug in the C compiler for the Sys 5 Rel 2 3B20.
> Say we have a structure declared as:
> struct ABC
> {
> 	stuff
> };
> and then follow it with:
> struct ABC;
> ... no error ....

It is necessary for structures which reference each other, as in:

struct a;

struct b {
    ...
    struct a *a_ptr;
};

struct a {
    ...
    struct b *b_ptr;
};

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