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items: Re: No forward_pro statement !!!!

Re: No forward_pro statement !!!!
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description: In article <40alhr$pv5@centre.univ-orleans.fr>, emmguyot@desiree.univ-orleans.fr (Emmanuel GUYOT) writes: > I realized that there is a statement FORWARD_FUNCTION to > declare a function before its definition but there is no > FORWARD_PRO. > > This is all the most curious, isn't it ? No, FORWARD_FUNCTION is needed to resolve the ambiguity of function references vs array elements if a function has not already been defined. There is no ambiguity in the syntax of procedure calls, so FORWARD_PRO is not needed. ____________________________________________________________ Mark Rivers (312) 702-2279 (office) CARS (312) 702-9951 (secretary) Univ. of Chicago (312) 702-5454 (FAX) 5640 S. Ellis Ave. (708) 922-0499 (home) Chicago, IL 60637 rivers@cars3.uchicago.edu (Internet)
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date: 1995-08-09T07:00:00-00:00