Re: Parsing functions - do I need a keyword like 'def' to indicate a function?

Ken Rose <kenrose@tfb.com>
14 Nov 2004 22:41:57 -0500

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>>If it's inside a function it can only be a call.
>
> What about function prototypes? Those can occur both inside and outside of
> functions.


A call will never start with a type name. A prototype will always start
with a type name, the name of the return type.


    - ken

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