Forward declarations
It is sometimes useful to be able to use something in a C program file
before its declaration. This is called a forward declaration. It can
occur quite often when one function calls another which can then call the
first again. This is called mutual recursion. When a forward declaration
is used, the function which is used must be externally visible, i.e.
global and not static.
#include <stdio.h>
long factorial(long); /* A forward declaration */
void main() {
int i;
for (i=0;i<=10;i++) printf("%2d! = %ld\n",i,factorial(i));
}
long factorial(long number) {
if (number<=1) return 1;
return(number*factorial(number-1));
}
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