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Re: labels at the end of a function

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On 2022-08-30, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
> One difference between C and C++ is that C++ allows a label to precede a
> declaration, but C doesn't.  This is a side effect of the way C and C++
> express the ability to mix declarations and statements within a block.
> In C, a compound-statement contains a list of block-items, where a
> block-item is a declaration or a statement (possibly a
> labeled-statement).  In C++, a compound-statement contains a list of
> statements, but a declaration in a block is syntactically a
> declaration-statement.

It wouldn't be standarization if they copied a feature from one
language to another, without sticking in gratutious quirky
differences.

This sounds like something you can get working in five minutes
if there is a Yacc grammar or similar.

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labels at the end of a function Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 20:35 -0500
  Re: labels at the end of a function Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 18:47 -0700
    Re: labels at the end of a function Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 21:50 -0700
      Re: labels at the end of a function Kaz Kylheku <480-992-1380@kylheku.com> - 2022-08-30 05:52 +0000
  Re: labels at the end of a function Sam <sam@email-scan.com> - 2022-08-29 22:42 -0400
    Re: labels at the end of a function Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2022-08-30 12:46 +0300
      Re: labels at the end of a function Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-30 11:20 +0000
      Re: labels at the end of a function Opus <ifonly@youknew.org> - 2022-08-30 20:15 +0200
  Re: labels at the end of a function Ike Naar <ike@sdf.org> - 2022-08-30 05:50 +0000
    Re: labels at the end of a function Elephant <diespammer@yahoo.it> - 2022-08-30 10:14 +0200
  Re: labels at the end of a function Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2022-08-30 09:14 +0200
  Re: labels at the end of a function scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-30 13:21 +0000
    Re: labels at the end of a function gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2022-08-30 14:44 +0000
      Re: labels at the end of a function Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-30 16:08 -0500
        Re: labels at the end of a function Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2022-08-31 01:04 +0300
  Re: labels at the end of a function Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-30 20:29 -0500

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