declarations in include files: how do YOU feel?

[Henry Spencer]

In article <180 at larry.sal.wisc.edu> jwp at larry.sal.wisc.edu.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) writes:
>... That is, if lib.h contains
>an "extern char foo()" and foo.c includes lib.h and then goes
>on to define foo, is this a problem?

In the absence of errors like type mismatches, no problems will ensue.
In fact, catching things like type mismatches is a very strong reason
to do exactly this.
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