C linkage query

[Steve Lamont]

In article <9449 at alice.UUCP< ark at alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) writes:
<Does anyone have a C compiler + linker incapable of handling this:
<
<	extern int foo;
<
<	main() { }
<
<That is: are there any C implementations that turn an
<`extern' declaration for a variable that is never actually
<referenced into a genuine external reference that inhibits
<linking?
<-- 
<				--Andrew Koenig
<				  ark at europa.att.com

Works for me.  That is, it compiles and links on our BSD VAX and my SGI
IRIS 4D/120.

Hope this was the answer you were looking for :-).
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