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Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions

From Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions
Date 2022-05-16 14:52 -0700
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On 5/16/2022 2:19 PM, Ben wrote:
> 
>> but you could not just say
>>
>>    x = 1;
>>
>> and expect "implicit int" to kick in.
> 
> You could at file scope.
> 
>> In other words, "implicit int" did not permit you to use undeclared
>> variables.
> 
> Yes, but you didn't need anything but the name in certain contexts.  For
> example this declares a K&R C function that takes an int and returns an
> int:
> 
>    f(x) { return x+1; }
> 

Yes, but in both cases these are contextually forced to be interpreted 
as declarations. So, the point still stands: even in old C one had to 
introduce a variable before being able to use it. There was no ambiguity 
between declarations and statements.

-- 
Best regards,
Andrey

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C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-16 11:21 +0000
  Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-16 17:35 +0300
    Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-16 16:13 +0000
  Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-05-16 10:49 -0700
  Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-05-16 20:02 +0200
    Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-05-16 20:51 +0200
      Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-05-16 20:59 +0200
        Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-05-16 21:55 +0200
          Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-05-16 22:09 +0200
            Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-05-16 13:47 -0700
              Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-16 22:19 +0100
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-05-16 14:52 -0700
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-16 22:57 +0100
            Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-17 00:54 +0300
              Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-17 00:34 +0100
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-05-17 08:24 +0200
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-17 08:21 +0000
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-17 11:06 +0100
        Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-17 04:41 +0000
          Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-17 11:12 +0100
            Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-17 14:37 +0300
              Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-17 14:31 +0100
            Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-17 04:53 -0700
              Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-18 04:40 +0000
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-05-18 13:29 +0200
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-18 06:57 -0700
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-18 17:37 +0300
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-19 14:43 +0000
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-19 08:21 -0700
                Re: C++ (and some C) quiz questions Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-18 06:01 -0700

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