From:	fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject:	Re: Compiler bug?
28 May 1998 03:16:57 -0700 :
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On 26-May-1998, Jimen Ching <jimen AT adtech-inc DOT com> wrote:
> I can't compile this code with b19.  Is this supposed to be allowed?
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> FILE *xyz = stdin;
> int main() { return 0; }

No, that is not supposed to be allowed.
Your code is not strictly conforming ANSI C.
Use

	FILE *xyz;
	int main() { xyz = stdin; return 0; }

instead.

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