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Re: switch is shared declaration

From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: switch is shared declaration
Date	2023-05-28 13:43 -0400
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On 5/28/2023 8:36 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>> Am 24.05.23 um 14:15 schrieb e.d.pro...@gmail.com:
>>> but this is fine:
>>> switch (1) {
>>> case -1:
>>>    String s;
>>>    break;
>>> case 1:
>>>    s = "1";
>>>    break;
>>> }

> There's really no mystery here at all. What e.d.programmer has
> observed is simply that the block governed by `switch' is just
> like any other block: A declaration within a block has scope
> that runs from the declaration to the block end.  The fact that
> this block is part of a `switch' does not change matters: a
> block is a block is a block.

and case ... break; is not a block.

:-)

Arne

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switch is shared declaration "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2023-05-24 05:15 -0700
  Re: switch is shared declaration Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2023-05-24 12:57 -0400
    Re: switch is shared declaration Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2023-05-24 13:16 -0400
    Re: switch is shared declaration "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2023-05-24 11:05 -0700
      Re: switch is shared declaration Michael Jung <miju@golem.phantasia.org> - 2023-05-28 12:57 +0200
  Re: switch is shared declaration Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2023-05-28 13:31 +0200
    Re: switch is shared declaration Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2023-05-28 08:36 -0400
      Re: switch is shared declaration Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2023-05-28 15:16 +0200
        Re: switch is shared declaration Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2023-05-28 13:42 -0400
      Re: switch is shared declaration Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2023-05-28 13:43 -0400

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