is "extern" ambiguous

[Chris Maltby]

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My copy of the C Reference Manual quite clearly states in section 10.

"A C program consists of a sequence of external definitions. An external
definition declares an identifier to have storage class 'extern' (by
default) or perhaps 'static'..."

If your C compiler doesn't do that, then it's WRONG (like most UN*X C
compilers).  Just because your loader is correspondingly broken is no
reason to assume that you have some alternative standard.  

Can the discussion of this rest now.

Chris Maltby
University of Sydney