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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Is 'extern' necessary?
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 12:09:25 -0800
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 10/02/2017 17:33, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>> I've been trying to find out what the point of 'extern' is.
>>
>> N1570 6.9.2, tentative definitions.
>
> It mentions 'external definition'. What does that mean?

The title of section 6.9 is "External definitions".  The definition of
the term is in paragraph 5.

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