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Re: Scope of identifiers

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Scope of identifiers
Date 2017-06-12 09:39 -0700
Organization None to speak of
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"James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
[...]
> Yes, which is why the standard say so explicitly, as in 6.2.1p6, so that 
> people don't make the mistake of thinking that scopes that begin at 
> different locations are different scopes.
>
> If it weren't for that rule, no two identifiers would ever have the same 
> scope, because every identifier has a scope that begins in a different 
> location.

Except for label names.

[...]

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Scope of identifiers Steve Keller <keller@no.invalid> - 2017-06-12 18:08 +0200
  Re: Scope of identifiers "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-12 12:22 -0400
    Re: Scope of identifiers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-12 09:39 -0700
  Re: Scope of identifiers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-12 09:38 -0700
    Re: Scope of identifiers "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-12 14:41 -0400
      Re: Scope of identifiers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-12 12:39 -0700
        Re: Scope of identifiers "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-12 15:53 -0400
          Re: Scope of identifiers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-12 13:19 -0700
            Re: Scope of identifiers David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2017-06-13 11:01 -0700
              Re: Scope of identifiers jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2017-06-13 11:25 -0700
              Re: Scope of identifiers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-13 12:16 -0700
                Re: Scope of identifiers David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2017-06-13 21:02 -0700
                Re: Scope of identifiers Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-06-14 21:53 +1200
                Re: Scope of identifiers supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-06-14 08:10 -0700
                Re: Scope of identifiers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-14 09:19 -0700
                Re: Scope of identifiers supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-06-14 10:14 -0700
                Re: Scope of identifiers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-14 09:12 -0700
  Re: Scope of identifiers Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-06-12 13:02 -0500

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