Re: [GCC 4.0 PATCH] devfs_vnops.c

In message <20050526044824.GA81201_at_crodrigues.org>, Craig Rodrigues writes:

>"If, within a translation unit, the same identifier appears with both 
>internal and external linkage, the behavior is undefined."
>
>So, if you have:
>
>extern struct foo bar;
>static struct foo bar = { ..... };

Well, the reason is it like that is that you cannot forward
declare a static (at least in the -current GCC)

	static struct foo bar;
	[...]
	static struct foo bare = { ... };

This might be a bug in C.	

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