declaring variable

[Carl Paukstis]

>In article <26707 at tiger.oxy.edu> bagpiper at oxy.edu (Michael Paul Hunter) writes:
>A friend of mind had a program that wasn't working properly. (what a nice start)
>Within this program was a declaration that was similar to:

>double A,
>       B,
>       fooY,
>       fooX,
>       whelp; /* <--- note this */
>       WhatAmI,
>       AndMoreVariables;

My guess is that the compiler allows the older style, where the word
"int" was optional and assumed in a variable declaration.  WhatAmI
and AndMoreVariables would be "int".

Maybe non-obvious, but quite common in some older programs.
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