Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!gwyn@BRL.ARPA 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 Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.1893 Posted: Thu Oct 3 17:49:35 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 07:28:49 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 8 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.