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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Forward declarations
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:48:31 -0800
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> The language has already been changed to require a prototype of a 
> function, so that encountering a function call that has not been 
> declared is flagged as a warning or error.

Almost.  A *declaration* is required; that declaration doesn't have to
be a prototype.

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