C inconsistency?

[Tim_CDC_Roberts at cup.portal.com]

In <1989Mar30.192903.28426 at gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, Rajiv Sarathy writes:

>	struct element {
>	    char *key;
>	    int level;
>	    struct element **fpointer;
>	}
>	struct element *head[LEVELCAP];     /* array of pointers to struct */
>
> cc merely gives a "syntax error at or near" the line having the array
> declaration.
>
> gcc, however, complains that "two or more data types in declaration" exist (at
> the line having the array declaration).
>
> Any ideas why?

I know! I know!  The Tim Roberts visual unoptimizing C precompiler gives
the following error message:

	struct element {
	    char *key;
	    int level;
	    struct element **fpointer;
	}
*******  ^ Missing Semicolon In Declaration.  Probable Havoc Follows.
	struct element *head[LEVELCAP];     /* array of pointers to struct */

Microsoft C also barfs on this.  I suspect that the semicolon got deleted
in transition.
 
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