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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Switching to C#
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
> On 16/06/2019 03:58, Scott wrote:
[...]
>> C does allow implicit declarations. You can call a previously
>> undeclared function, and C will trust that the types you're passing
>> are the types the function's expecting. I think it's a bad idea, and
>> it usually yields warnings suggesting that it's a bad idea. I think
>> any form of implicit typing is a bad idea.
>> 
>
> It is worth being clear here that implicit declarations don't let you 
> use functions properly before declaring them.

It's even more worth being clear that C does not permit implicit
declarations, and hasn't since 1999.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */