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Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked?

From Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked?
Date 2016-12-09 16:00 +0000
Organization Fix this later
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On 09/12/16 15:36, Noob wrote:
> On 09/12/2016 14:11, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>
>> luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> The `entry` keyword. They must have put some thought
>>> into it to reserve that name for so long.
>>
>> Who is "they"?  This looks like it might be a from a cross post with
>> followup-to set because I can't find the parent article.
>
> What makes you think there is a parent post?
>
> I think "they" might be (?) either K&R or WG14.
>
> Although I'm quite confused in that "entry" has never been
> a keyword, AFAIK.

You're right. See p192 of K&R2, which tells us that 'entry' was reserved 
for use as a keyword but never actually used.

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How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-12-08 20:57 -0800
  Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2016-12-09 07:28 +0100
  Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 00:25 -0800
    Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 00:32 -0800
    Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 00:53 -0800
  Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-09 13:11 +0000
    Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2016-12-09 16:36 +0100
      Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 16:00 +0000
      Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-09 16:18 +0000
  Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-12-09 11:25 -0500
    Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 15:51 -0800
  Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-09 12:48 -0500
    Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 18:16 +0000
  Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-12-10 07:16 -0800
    Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2016-12-10 16:58 +0100
      Re: How might multiple `entry` points have looked/worked? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-12-14 21:15 -0800

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