3.7 constraints and 3.7.2 semantics

[Norman Diamond]

In article <5450 at mcrware.UUCP> jejones at mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) writes:

>Does p.82, lines 13-15, imply that the following is not standard conforming,
>or does p.84, lines 31-34, provide an escape hatch?
>
>static int	i;	/* tentative definition, internal linkage */
>int woof(void) {
>	return ++i;	/* usage other than in sizeof() */
>}

Page 84, lines 31-34, appear to be designed exactly for this purpose.
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