declarations in include files: how do YOU feel?

[Norman Diamond]

In article <180 at larry.sal.wisc.edu> jwp at larry.sal.wisc.edu.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) writes:

>Another question on this style:  does one include lib.h in the
>subroutine files that make up lib.a?

Yes.

>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 K&R-I and ANSI and any non-broken compiler, it is specifically
permitted.  (Although K&R-I indirectly contradicts itself on this
point, it directly states that this is permitted.)

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