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Re: Defect report: variables with linkage defined in block scope

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Am 12.11.2011 20:33, schrieb Richard Smith:
>  C89 6.5.7 and C99 6.7.8/5 say "If the declaration of an identifier has block
>  scope, and the identifier has external or internal linkage, the declaration
>  shall have no initializer for the identifier."

Just for the record: The recent C11 draft has above quoted wording in
6.7.9/5.

>  C++ appears to have no such restriction (though if someone can point out where
>  such a restriction lives, I'll happily stand corrected).

I haven't found corresponding words either in C++, I therefore forwarded
your report to CWG.

Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Krügler



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Defect report: variables with linkage defined in block scope "Richard Smith" <richard@metafoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-12 11:33 -0800
  Re: Defect report: variables with linkage defined in block scope Daniel Krügler<daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-13 15:26 -0800

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