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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: comparison logic
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Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>> Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>>> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
>> [...]
>>
>>>> Provided 'i' is not a volatile-qualified int variable!  (Sorry, I can't
>>>> resit nit-picking.)
>>>
>>> I think there is a second-order nit-picking rule in play here,
>>> analogous to the rule about pointing out a spelling correction.
>>> (yes, I can't resit either.)
>>
>> What is a "variable"?
>
> I assume the word "variable" here is supposed to mean a declared
> compile-time entity that corresponds to an object at run-time.
> Given the context, I don't know what else it could mean.

Of course.  The context was silly nitpicking, and the standard doesn't
use the word "variable" in that sense.

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