Defect Report #149
Submission Date: 23 Feb 95
Submittor: BSI
Source: Clive D.W. Feather
Question
Submitted to BSI by Clive D.W. Feather clive@sco.com.
In this Defect Report, identifiers lexically identical to those
declared in standard headers refer to the identifiers declared in those
standard headers, whether or not the header is explicitly mentioned.
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Defect Report UK 033: The term "variable"
[BSI characterize this issue as minor.]
The term "variable" is used in subclause 7.7.1.1, but is never
defined in the C Standard.
Suggested Technical Corrigendum:
In subclause 7.7.1.1, change:
... or refers to any object with static storage duration other
than by assigning a value to a static storage duration variable of type
volatile sig_atomic_t.
to:
... or refers to any object with static storage duration other
than by assigning a value to an object declared as volatile
sig_atomic_t.
Response
The next revision of the C Standard will use the term "object"
instead of "variable" uniformly.
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