Re: [Bug-tar] [1.13.90] compilation problems on IRIX

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:

> You can't move the initializer into the forward declaration, since that
> would require you to add forward declarations for every procedure mentioned
> in the initializer, which would be a worse maintenance nightmare.

That's exactly what I was planning to do (and that's the way the
first version of xheader.c was written). Personally, I feel myself
more comfortable with declaring forward decls for every function
referred to by xhdr_tab, than with the need for always updating the
size.

> If you don't like counting, then perhaps the simplest thing is to make
> xhdr_tab external.  I installed the following patch to do this.
> This conforms to the C Standard.  (Weird, huh?)

Yes, I must admit it is. OK, let it be so, then.

Regards,
Sergey