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Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto?

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Date Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:44:11 -0400
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On 04/03/2014 11:12 AM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
> [...]
>> If you want i to have a well-defined value after the goto, move the
>> label before the declaration of i, or make i static.
> 
> Though C has permitted mixed declarations and statements since C99, it
> still doesn't permit labels on declarations.  This:
> 
>     label: int i = 0;
> 
> is a syntax error.  (I just ran into this the other day.)
> 
> You can just add a null statement:
> 
>     label:; int i = 0;

That's what I actually meant, though I didn't say it quite right.

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Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? rivkaumiller@gmail.com - 2014-04-02 18:48 -0700
  Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-04-02 19:24 -0700
    Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2014-04-02 20:02 -0700
      Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? rivkaumiller@gmail.com - 2014-04-02 23:04 -0700
        Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-03 07:51 +0000
          Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-03 09:39 +0100
            Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-04-03 11:52 +0100
              Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-03 12:42 +0100
                Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-04-03 08:04 -0700
                Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-03 15:59 +0000
              Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> - 2014-04-03 14:24 -0400
                Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-04-04 23:06 +0100
          Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2014-04-03 04:15 -0700
            Computed GOTOs (Was: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-04-03 11:33 +0000
              Re: Computed GOTOs Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-04-03 12:38 +0100
            Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-04-04 23:22 +0100
        Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-04-03 01:20 -0700
      Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? rivkaumiller@gmail.com - 2014-04-03 14:51 -0700
      Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? rivkaumiller@gmail.com - 2014-04-03 14:56 -0700
    Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? rivkaumiller@gmail.com - 2014-04-02 23:08 -0700
      Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-04-03 08:09 -0700
    Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-04-03 06:36 +0000
      Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-03 07:48 -0400
        Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-04-03 12:21 +0000
          Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-03 10:16 -0400
            Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-04-03 08:12 -0700
              Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-03 12:44 -0400
            Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-04-04 07:06 +0000
            Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-14 16:38 -0700
  Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? rivkaumiller@gmail.com - 2014-04-03 00:18 -0700
  Re: Can I jump to a case inside a switch using goto? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-03 09:49 +0100

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