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From: gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re:  Forward Referencing of Static Variables OK?
Message-ID: <1893@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 17:49:35 EDT
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extern int thing;
...
static int thing = 0;

is perfectly legitimate according to X3J11.
Why waste time trying to relate this to K&R (not K&P).
Point out to your compiler supplier that they're
going to have to fix this anyway.