implicit declaration in C++ considered harmful

Joe Buck jbuck@synopsys.com
Wed Apr 8 17:25:00 GMT 1998


> > I think EGCS should be standard conforming and flags implicit
> > declaration as an error not a warning.
> 
> The C and C++ standards don't distinguish errors and warnings,
> though I say this with somewhat less than full confidence because
> I'm not as familiar with the C++ draft as with the C standard.

Yes, we technically comply, but nevertheless the current behavior
is not desirable.



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