Storage-Class Specifiers for Internal-Level Declarations
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You can use any of four storage-class-specifier terminals for variable declarations at the internal level. When you omit the storage-class-specifier from such a declaration, the default storage class is auto. Therefore, the keyword auto is rarely seen in a C program.