Is it declaration or defination?

[venky]

Hi
main() {
int x; /* it declaration or defination??*/
}

[lovecreatesbeauty]

venky wrote:

main() {
int x; /* it declaration or defination??*/
}

int x; is always a definition;
extern int x; may be a declaration.

[Thomas J. Gritzan]

venky schrieb:

Hi
main() {

int main(void) {

int x; /* it declaration or defination??*/
}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declara...ter_science%29

Decide yourself.

--
Thomas

[eahaa]

int x; /*is a declaration */

[csshine]

declaration

lovecreatesbeau ty wrote:

venky wrote:

main() {
int x; /* it declaration or defination??*/
}

int x; is always a definition;
extern int x; may be a declaration.

[jmcgill]

venky wrote:

int x; /* it declaration or defination??*/

It is both.

x is declared, and storage is assigned, which makes it a definition.

[jmcgill]

eahaa wrote:

int x; /*is a declaration */

Inside the function body it is also a definition, since it's not
declared "extern." The example was inside some function called main,
which is a separate issue.

[jmcgill]

cs*****@gmail.c om wrote:

declaration

lovecreatesbeau ty wrote:

>venky wrote:

>> main() {
int x; /* it declaration or defination??*/
}

int x; is always a definition;
extern int x; may be a declaration.

The top-poster says it's a declaration, which it is, but it is also a
definition (not a "defination ").

The declaration of the function in its definition in the example should
be according to one of the the prototypes int main(void); or int
main(int, char**);

[whyglinux]

venky wrote:

main() {
int x; /* it declaration or defination??*/
}

Both.

Definition is a special case of declaration, that is, all definitions
are also declarations.

[Mark McIntyre]

On 18 Aug 2006 00:49:34 -0700, in comp.lang.c , "venky"
<ve************ ****@gmail.comw rote:

>Hi
main() {
int x; /* it declaration or defination??*/
}

Its a declaration and a tentative definition, which will become a firm
definition if no other definition is encountered.
--
Mark McIntyre

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
--Brian Kernighan