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Re: Mixed declarations and "code"

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On 5/5/2011 11:25 AM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Ben Pfaff<blp@cs.stanford.edu>  writes:
>> Keith Thompson<kst-u@mib.org>  writes:
>>> The C99 foreword, in the list of major changes between C90 and C99,
>>> mentions "mixed declarations and code".  The word "code" is ambiguous
>>> and misleading.  The standard doesn't provide a definition for it,
>>> and there are several examples where the word "code" clearly refers
>>> generally to any C source code, including statements, declarations,
>>> and directives.
>>>
>>> Suggestion: Change "mixed declarations and code" to "mixed
>>> declarations and statements".
>>
>> I think that you're about 12 years late to suggest a change to
>> C99.
>
> And I posted in the wrong newsgroup; I meant that to go to comp.std.c.
>
> But presumably the next C standard will still include the list of major
> changes from C90 to C99, in addition to a new list of changes from C99
> to C201X.  My suggestion (which I'll now re-post to the right place) is
> to update that section in the next C standard.
>

I compile a lot of "source," and I don't refer to it as "source code" 
ever, as that is less descriptive than the former.

Statements comprise the business end of the source.
-- 
Uno

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Mixed declarations and "code" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-05 11:11 -0700
  Re: Mixed declarations and "code" Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2011-05-05 11:21 -0700
    Re: Mixed declarations and "code" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-05 11:25 -0700
      Re: Mixed declarations and "code" Uno <merrilljensen@q.com> - 2011-05-08 01:11 -0700

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