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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Untyped Variables |
| Date | 2015-08-08 14:24 -0400 |
| Organization | Self |
| Message-ID | <55C6496C.7090204@verizon.net> (permalink) |
| References | <83a58dd3-53a6-422a-8502-4fef870baf70@googlegroups.com> <55C61BBF.8090302@verizon.net> <ln7fp5fvhp.fsf@kst-u.example.com> |
On 08/08/2015 03:09 PM, Keith Thompson wrote: > James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes: > [...] >> c) Any use of a previously undeclared identifier was treated, if >> possible, as if it were the name of a function with external linkage >> returning 'int'. If arguments were given for the function, it was >> treated as though the corresponding declaration had parameters of the >> same type. >> >> Thus >> auto a; >> const b; >> c; >> >> Were equivalent to >> auto int a; >> const int b; >> int c(); >> c; // expression statement consisting of the name of a >> // function, implicitly converted to a pointer to the >> // function type. Useless, but legal. > > No, the last one is an undeclared identifier error; the rule applies > only to function *calls*. Not have the exact text of the relevant rule, and having spent 35 years avoiding making use of it, I anticipated that I'd get something wrong. Thanks for the correction!
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Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 18:19 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Lőrinczy Zsigmond <nospam@for.me> - 2015-08-08 06:53 +0200
Re: Untyped Variables James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-08 11:09 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-08 12:09 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-08 14:24 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-08 12:54 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 16:06 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-08 17:29 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 17:52 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-10 12:57 +1200
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-10 08:41 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 17:06 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-08-08 19:44 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-08 20:34 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-09 02:03 +0000
Re: Untyped Variables Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-08-08 22:52 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-09 04:57 +0000
Re: Untyped Variables Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-08-09 09:58 -0600
Re: Untyped Variables Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-08-10 03:54 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-08-09 16:59 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 18:02 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-10 11:01 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-10 13:20 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 16:54 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-11 00:20 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-10 08:11 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 17:15 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-11 00:30 -0400
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 16:50 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-11 17:24 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-08-12 01:37 +0100
Re: Untyped Variables glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-12 04:46 +0000
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 18:12 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-13 12:08 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 16:25 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-14 10:36 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-08-14 19:13 +0100
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-11 07:58 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2015-08-10 13:53 +0000
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-10 08:29 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 17:01 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-10 17:42 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-08-11 02:56 +0000
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 16:50 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-11 01:39 +0100
Re: Untyped Variables Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-10 19:03 -0700
Re: Untyped Variables Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-11 11:21 +0100
Re: Untyped Variables David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 16:37 -0700
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