Re: [Bug-gnulib] sysexits.h

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> It is certainly relevant from the point of the C and POSIX standards.
> They both require that every C translation unit must contain at least
> one external declaration.  "gcc -pedantic" checks for this.

Does "typedef int dummy;" count as such an external declaration? I.e.
will it work to write

  #ifndef ELIDE_CODE
    ... much code ,,.
  #else
    typedef int dummy;
  #endif

Bruno