Remove unnecessary "extern" from function declarations #3726
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Resolved issues:
resolves #1618
Description of changes:
"extern" is meaningless when applied to functions. Function declarations are "extern" by default.
I applied the basic replacement
s/extern (.*) (.*)\(/$1 $2(/
to the codebase to remove the externs from function declarations. The\(
in the regex prevents it from applying to variables, where "extern" actually has meaning.Call-outs:
All these changes were done automatically (except for the new check in grep_simple_mistakes.sh).
Testing:
grep_simple_mistakes.sh passes.
If I add back one extern to s2n_tls13.h, it fails with:
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