Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 16:51:01 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Anton Helm <tony AT dictator DOT nt DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at>
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Subject: Re: Hiding globals when using flex/bison in a library
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On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Anton Helm wrote:

> - All identifiers that begin with an underscore are always reserved for use
>    as identifiers with file scope in both the ordinary identifiers and tag
>    name spaces.
> [...]
> Does it mean:
> - I am allowed to use _abcdef as an identifier with file scope *ONLY*.
> 
>    or
> 
> - I am *NOT* allowed to use _abcdef as an identifier with file scope.

The latter, I think: you are *not* allowed to use _abcdef if it has a 
file scope.  It can only have a block scope.