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Section: 16.4.3.3 [using.linkage] Status: NAD Editorial Submitter: Chris Sharpe Opened: 2013-08-23 Last modified: 2016-01-28
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Discussion:
There is a footnote at section 16.4.3.3 [using.linkage]/2 that reads:
"The only reliable way to declare an object or function signature from the Standard C library is by including the header that declares it, notwithstanding the latitude granted in 7.1.7 of the C Standard."
There is no section 7.1.7 in the C99 Standard (or C11 final draft). I think the relevant section is:
"Provided that a library function can be declared without reference to any type defined in a header, it is also permissible to declare the function and use it without including its associated header."
at 7.1.4/2 from C99.
[2013-09 Chicago]
Moved to NAD Editorial.
Proposed resolution:
This wording is relative to N3691.
Edit footnote 182, 16.4.3.3 [using.linkage] as indicated:
The only reliable way to declare an object or function signature from the Standard C library is by including the header that declares it, notwithstanding the latitude granted in
7.1.77.1.4 of the C Standard.