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Re: What a stupid gcc!

From Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: What a stupid gcc!
Date 2012-06-13 18:06 -0400
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On 6/13/2012 5:41 PM, zgene wrote:
>[...]
> So, does g want us to declare all variables at the head of a block?  What
> a stupid gcc!

     Any compiler conforming to the original "C90" ANSI Standard must
insist that all declarations precede all statements within a block.
It's a requirement of that edition of the C language.

     The 1999 revision of the Standard ("C99") relaxed the requirement:
Statements and declarations can be intermixed freely, provided each
identifier's declaration precedes its first use.

     The gcc compilers, like many others, can deal with code written
for either version of the Standard, and a few can even handle the
still later edition of 2011 ("C11").  The only requirement is that
the user invoke the compiler properly, telling it what dialect of C
it is supposed to adhere to.  The documentation accompanying gcc
describes (quite clearly) how this is done, and what dialect is
chosen if you do not specify one (as you did not).

     gcc cannot read your mind.  What a stupid gcc!

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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What a stupid gcc! zgene <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-06-13 21:41 +0000
  Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-13 18:01 -0400
    Re: What a stupid gcc! Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2012-06-14 13:00 +0200
      Re: What a stupid gcc! Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2012-06-14 14:33 +0200
        Re: What a stupid gcc! Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-06-14 14:46 +0100
        Re: What a stupid gcc! Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2012-06-14 18:19 +0200
  Re: What a stupid gcc! Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-13 18:06 -0400
  Re: What a stupid gcc! jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2012-06-13 22:19 +0000
    Re: What a stupid gcc! Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-06-14 09:47 +0100
      Re: What a stupid gcc! Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-06-14 14:37 +0100
  Re: What a stupid gcc! Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-06-13 17:05 -0600
  Re: What a stupid gcc! Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2012-06-14 00:09 +0000
  Re: What a stupid gcc! Varun Tewari <tewari.varun@gmail.com> - 2012-06-14 03:14 -0700
    Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-14 06:56 -0400
    Re: What a stupid gcc! Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-06-17 07:18 +0000
      Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-17 11:47 +0100
        Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-17 09:31 -0400
          Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-18 12:34 +0100
            Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-18 08:18 -0400
              Re: What a stupid gcc! gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-06-18 05:42 -0700
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-18 09:39 -0400
              Re: What a stupid gcc! Rich Webb <bbew.ar@mapson.nozirev.ten> - 2012-06-18 09:06 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-06-18 07:18 -0700
            Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-19 00:13 -0700
              Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-19 11:28 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-19 07:30 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-20 00:16 -0700
        Re: What a stupid gcc! Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-06-17 15:52 +0100
        Re: What a stupid gcc! Noob <root@localhost> - 2012-06-18 09:07 +0200
        Re: What a stupid gcc! Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-06-18 09:03 +0000
        Re: What a stupid gcc! Andrew Smallshaw <andrews@sdf.lonestar.org> - 2012-06-18 16:02 +0000
          Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-18 19:40 +0100
            Re: What a stupid gcc! Noob <root@localhost> - 2012-06-18 23:52 +0200
            Re: What a stupid gcc! Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2012-06-18 23:09 +0000
              Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-19 01:30 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-19 13:03 +1200
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-19 06:34 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2012-06-19 08:43 +0000
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-19 11:00 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-19 07:05 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-19 23:21 +1200
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-19 23:22 +1200
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-19 13:45 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-19 15:23 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2012-06-19 16:14 +0000
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-19 18:01 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-19 13:59 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-06-19 15:29 -0600
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-19 18:22 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-19 21:13 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2012-06-19 16:27 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-19 16:38 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-06-20 09:47 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-19 22:44 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-21 01:39 -0700
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-21 10:55 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-21 04:11 -0700
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-21 12:36 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-06-21 15:33 +0200
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Andrew Smallshaw <andrews@sdf.lonestar.org> - 2012-06-21 14:15 +0000
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-06-20 09:37 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-20 14:54 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-06-20 18:19 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-21 00:13 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-21 02:09 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-21 02:05 -0700
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-21 11:49 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-21 14:24 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-22 00:38 -0700
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-22 13:37 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-21 01:57 -0700
                Re: What a stupid gcc! "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-21 11:46 +0100
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-06-21 14:37 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Andrew Smallshaw <andrews@sdf.lonestar.org> - 2012-06-21 19:38 +0000
                Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-21 01:41 -0700
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-21 12:28 +0100
              Re: What a stupid gcc! Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-06-19 15:05 +0000
        Re: What a stupid gcc! Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-19 09:37 +1200
          Re: What a stupid gcc! ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-06-18 15:18 -0700
          Re: What a stupid gcc! Paul J Gans <gansno@panix.com> - 2012-06-18 23:21 +0000
            Re: What a stupid gcc! Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-19 11:26 +1200
              Re: What a stupid gcc! Paul J Gans <gansno@panix.com> - 2012-06-19 01:46 +0000
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-19 07:19 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-06-19 08:01 -0500
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-19 09:25 -0400
                Re: What a stupid gcc! Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-06-19 12:57 -0500
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-19 14:59 -0400
            Re: What a stupid gcc! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-19 01:36 +0100
              Re: What a stupid gcc! Paul J Gans <gansno@panix.com> - 2012-06-19 01:48 +0000
          Re: What a stupid gcc! Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-06-18 19:50 -0500
          Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-19 00:19 -0700
            Re: What a stupid gcc! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-19 12:56 +0100
              Re: What a stupid gcc! nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-06-20 00:26 -0700
                Re: What a stupid gcc! James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-20 06:31 -0400
      Re: What a stupid gcc! Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-06-18 00:18 -0600
        Re: What a stupid gcc! Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-06-18 09:15 +0000
  Re: What a stupid gcc! Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-06-14 23:21 +0000

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