function declarators
Daniel Edelson
daniel at terra.ucsc.edu
Tue Apr 2 09:36:47 AEST 1991
I have tried unsuccessfully to find an unambiguous statement....
in the standard that allows or prohibits the following cases:
1) a function declaration that defines a new
type in the return type, and,
2) a function declaration that defines a new
type in a parameter
For example:
/*
* The return type of foo() defines a new type, struct S
*/
struct S { int a; } foo(void) { }
/*
* The parameter of bar() defines a new type, struct T
*/
void bar(struct T { int b; } p) { }
The function ``bar'' is not particularly
useful because the only type-safe calls to it can be
recursive calls, since ``struct T'' has block scope.
Are these strictly conformant ANSI C code?
If so, in the above example, must ``struct S'' be given
file scope?
Thanks,
Daniel Edelson
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