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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Small Device C Compiler 3.6.0 released
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:03:09 -0700
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 13/06/2016 20:45, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> [...]
>>> If you mean you can't understand what I'm on about, I'm referring to this:
>>>
>>>   int a; {X.... int a; Y....}
>>>
>>> The scope of the second 'int a' is not just limited to the X-Y block,
>>> but only to the Y-half, as the X-half has the first 'int a' in scope.
>
>> Can you explain the point you're trying to make?
>
> That mixed declarations and statements, /as defined in C/, are an 
> inelegant feature. Probably fiddly to implement too, although I don't 
> know if that's why they're not in SDCC as most C compilers manage it, 
> and SDCC is not a small system.

Now I'm confused.  The example doesn't depend on mixed declarations and
statements.  You've said elsewhere that you also dislike declarations in
inner blocks; perhaps that's what you mean by "mixed"?

In any case, it doesn't matter.  Let's disagree and move on.

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