X3J11 Pleasanton meeting summary

Henry Spencer henry at zoo.toronto.edu
Wed Oct 3 05:11:36 AEST 1990


I wrote:
>>	struct foo x;
>>	struct foo { int i; };
>>	/* the above is strictly conforming; incomplete-type objects can
>>	   be defined, so long as by the end of the translation unit the
>>	   type becomes complete so that storage can then be allocated */
>
>Betcha there isn't a compiler on Earth that will accept that today.

Turns out that there are a few.  Bletch.  I have a hard time believing
that there would have been committee consensus on this.
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