"extern" keyword for multiple return value function

[Lele]

I use to put "extern" keyword for function protoype in header files. Not a big issue but it seems not to be accepted for xc functions returning multiple values.
example .xc file:

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int SimpleFunction(void)
{ 
  return 1;
}

{ int, int, int} MultipleReturnValueFunction(void)
{  
  return { 1, 2, 3 };  
}

and .h file:

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...
extern int SimpleFunction(void);
{ int, int, int} MultipleReturnValueFunction(void); // if prefixed with "extern" causes syntax error
...

[ers35]

Why use extern in a function declaration? I suggest removing the extern. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/856863

Moving the extern after the multiple return compiles:

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// xcc -c extern-function.xc

{int, int, int} extern foo();

[henk]

Thanks for raising this - I have put it in the bug tracker.

The workaround is simple (just omit it), but for completeness this ought to pass without syntax error.