From: DrDiettrich1@aol.com   
      
   Chris Dollin wrote:   
      
   >>C99 states that type declarations are not allowed in C procedure   
   >>definitions.   
   >   
   >   
   > Interesting. The draft has no such restriction in the typedef section,   
   > and an explicit example with a typedef inside a function. Could you   
   > provide a cite for me?   
      
   Just from the DRAFT: 2 December 1996:   
    >>   
   7.1.3 ... [dcl.typedef]   
   1. ... The typedef specifier shall not be used in a function-definition   
   (8.4),   
   <<   
      
   Can somebody lookup this paragraph in the final spec?   
   (The numbers have changed!)   
      
   DoDi   
   [I can't find that language, but there is a lengthy footnote on page   
   141 with examples that specifically say that you can typedef a   
   function type and use it in declarations but not in   
   definitions. -John]   
      
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