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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Scope of identifiers |
| Date | 2017-06-12 09:38 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnink1gnzy.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
| References | <ohmea9$nft$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
Steve Keller <keller@no.invalid> writes:
> While reading again in the standard about declarations and (tentative)
> definitions, and linkage, I also read about scope of identifiers and
> was confused:
>
> The standard says in 6.2.1p6 that "two identifiers have the same
> scope if and only if their scopes terminate at the same point."
Yes, and the phrase "same scope" is in italics, which means this is the
definition of the term. Two identifiers can have the *same scope*
even if their scopes begin in different places.
It might have been less confusing if the standard had used a different
phrase, perhaps "matching scope".
[...]
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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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