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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Scopes of identifiers
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:31:38 -0700
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John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> There are four _name spaces_:
>
> 1.  Labels (disambiguated by a leading 'goto' keyword or trailing ':');
> 2. Struct, union, and enum _tag names_ (disambiguated by a preceding 'struct', 'union', or 
>     'enum' keyword);
> 3. Struct and union _member names_ (disambiguated by an identifier followed by either 
>     a '.' or '->' operator);
> 4. All other identifiers.

A small correction: a member name can be preceded by an expression
(more precisely a postfix-expression) followed by a "." or "->",
not just an identifier.  For example `function_call().member` or
`array[index]->member` is valid.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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