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$3.5/2- “When a name has external
linkage, the entity it denotes can be
referred to by names from scopes of
other translation units or from
other scopes of the same translation
unit.”
Should not the highlighted ‘or’ be ‘and‘ or is it just a wrong day for me to interpret some English stuff?
An additional question is if the Standards document (finalized ones) subject to grammatical review by experts?
It would have the same meaning if it said ‘and’. It’s saying you can do A or B, but choosing one doesn’t exclude being able to choose the other (i.e. it’s not an exclusive-or).
See Exclusive “or” in natural language.
Summary: the use of “or” in English is quite ambiguous, and its meaning usually arises from context, rather than the word itself. For example:
“You can have tea or coffee” – Here, I can infer that “I can have tea”.
“The light is on or off” – Here, I cannot infer that “the light is on”.