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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: [ On topic, amazingtly ]: labels and declarations
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 06:46:04 -0700
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:

> On 18/03/2019 03:46, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>
>>>> [..allowing labels on declarations..]
>>>
>>> How about just allowing a label to be statement by itself?
>>
>> Not workable for C because it breaks existing code.
>
> Would it break much?  [...]

I don't know how much code would be broken, except that I'm sure
the amount is greater than zero.  That gives the proposition as
a whole a negative ROI, which is more than enough to summarily
dismiss it.