Quoth Oleg Goldshmidt on Tue, Mar 25, 2003: > Mark Veltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > If i am not mistaken - this in not so in ANSI C [i might be mistaken... > > > the ritchie&ker. book is not so clear about this point] > > It gives a warning about shadowing. I don't know what the standard > says about it. For all I know, it may be implementation-dependent or > undefined. Don't do it.
I'm *definitely* not a language lawyer, but I looked at the draft http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n843.htm and it seems to me that shadowing is legal. In any case, *if* such construct is legal, *then* shadowing must work. > > > how compliant is gcc with ansi? > > Very. C99? > In any case, I strongly suggest you avoid things like this in your > code. Seconded. Whether it's legal or not, it's confusing, and therefore not advised. Vadik. -- There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. -- Arthur C. Clarke ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
