"a();" not a valid external declaration in pANS C.

[Jan Gray]

pANS C accepts "int a();" and "a() {}" but not "a();", which is valid K&R C.
I am curious about the rationale behind this change.  Was it "nobody really
uses that construct, and banning it simplifies the grammar"?

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