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[dcl.init, dcl.stc] Move specification as to where extern is allowed into [dcl.stc] #3894

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[dcl.init, dcl.stc] Move specification as to where extern is allowed into [dcl.stc] #3894

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7 changes: 2 additions & 5 deletions 7 source/declarations.tex
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\indextext{restriction!\idxcode{extern}}%
The \tcode{extern} specifier shall be applied only to the declaration of a variable
or function. The \tcode{extern} specifier shall not be used in the
declaration of a class member or function parameter.
declaration of a class member, function parameter, or block-scope variable with
an \grammarterm{initializer}.
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This change makes it sound like it's OK to use extern with a class member or function parameter so long as there's no initializer. Moving the "block-scope variable with an initializer" case to the start of the list would help.

\indextext{\idxcode{extern}!linkage of}%
\indextext{consistency!linkage}%
For the linkage of a name declared with an \tcode{extern} specifier,
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and~\ref{stmt.dcl}.
\end{note}

\pnum
A declaration of a block-scope variable with external or internal
linkage that has an \grammarterm{initializer} is ill-formed.

\pnum
\indextext{initialization!default}%
\indextext{variable!indeterminate uninitialized}%
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