I am used to write loops like:
"for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++);"
why are these loops not allowed in C99 (i get - `for' loop initial
declaration used outside C99 mode - when trying this with gcc 3.2.2),
are there any bad side efects in this code or do people just find it
syntactly wrong.
my other compiler (bordland) - do not complain about this, this is the
first time i have ever seen this.
thanks. 9 19331
"Lars Tackmann" <ro****@diku.dk > wrote in message
news:Pi******** *************** ********@brok.d iku.dk... I am used to write loops like:
"for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++);"
why are these loops not allowed in C99 (i get - `for' loop initial declaration used outside C99 mode - when trying this with gcc 3.2.2),
gcc is telling you that you haven't set C99 mode, e.g. -std=c99.
* Thus spoke Lars Tackmann <ro****@diku.dk >:
Hallo, "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++);"
why are these loops not allowed in C99 (i get - `for' loop initial declaration used outside C99 mode - when trying this with gcc 3.2.2),
They are. If you want to turn the C99 mode on, use:
$ gcc -std=c99 foobar.c -o foobar
Wolfgang.
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Thanks - I just found it strange because this has been allowed before c99
- mabee not in the ansi c standard but all the compilers i have worked
with has compiled code like this without complainning - it seams that it first
officialy became a part of the legal syntax in ansi C with c99.
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Tim Prince wrote: "Lars Tackmann" <ro****@diku.dk > wrote in message news:Pi******** *************** ********@brok.d iku.dk... I am used to write loops like:
"for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++);"
why are these loops not allowed in C99 (i get - `for' loop initial declaration used outside C99 mode - when trying this with gcc 3.2.2), gcc is telling you that you haven't set C99 mode, e.g. -std=c99.
Lars Tackmann <ro****@diku.dk > wrote in
news:Pi******** *************** ********@brok.d iku.dk: Thanks - I just found it strange because this has been allowed before c99 - mabee not in the ansi c standard but all the compilers i have worked with has compiled code like this without complainning - it seams that it first officialy became a part of the legal syntax in ansi C with c99.
Possible you were using a C++ compiler?
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"Mark A. Odell" wrote: Lars Tackmann <ro****@diku.dk > wrote in news:Pi******** *************** ********@brok.d iku.dk:
Thanks - I just found it strange because this has been allowed before c99 - mabee not in the ansi c standard but all the compilers i have worked with has compiled code like this without complainning - it seams that it first officialy became a part of the legal syntax in ansi C with c99.
Possible you were using a C++ compiler?
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Quite probably. He mentioned Borland, right? Mine is C++ , not C.
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Lars Tackmann wrote: Thanks - I just found it strange because this has been allowed before c99 - mabee not in the ansi c standard but all the compilers i have worked with has compiled code like this without complainning - it seams that it first officialy became a part of the legal syntax in ansi C with c99. ....
It is highly unlikely that you could compile this code with any pre-C99
C compiler. Most likely you were using C++ compilers. There's nothing
strange in the fact that C++ allows this and C89/C90 doesn't.
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Andrey Tarasevich <an************ **@hotmail.com> writes: Lars Tackmann wrote: Thanks - I just found it strange because this has been allowed before c99 - mabee not in the ansi c standard but all the compilers i have worked with has compiled code like this without complainning - it seams that it first officialy became a part of the legal syntax in ansi C with c99. ....
It is highly unlikely that you could compile this code with any pre-C99 C compiler. Most likely you were using C++ compilers. There's nothing strange in the fact that C++ allows this and C89/C90 doesn't.
I think pre-C99 versions of gcc provide this as a language extension.
Other compilers may provide similar extensions.
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Keith Thompson wrote: > Thanks - I just found it strange because this has been allowed > before c99 - mabee not in the ansi c standard but all the > compilers i have worked with has compiled code like this without > complainning - it seams that it first officialy became a part of > the legal syntax in ansi C with c99. > ....
It is highly unlikely that you could compile this code with any pre-C99 C compiler. Most likely you were using C++ compilers. There's nothing strange in the fact that C++ allows this and C89/C90 doesn't.
I think pre-C99 versions of gcc provide this as a language extension. Other compilers may provide similar extensions. ...
Yes, but if I'm not mistaken, these extensions needed to be explicitly
enabled before they could be used, which normally makes the user to
understand that he is using an extension, not a standard feature.
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Andrey Tarasevich <an************ **@hotmail.com> writes: Keith Thompson wrote: > Thanks - I just found it strange because this has been allowed > before c99 - mabee not in the ansi c standard but all the > compilers i have worked with has compiled code like this without > complainning - it seams that it first officialy became a part of > the legal syntax in ansi C with c99. > ....
It is highly unlikely that you could compile this code with any pre-C99 C compiler. Most likely you were using C++ compilers. There's nothing strange in the fact that C++ allows this and C89/C90 doesn't.
I think pre-C99 versions of gcc provide this as a language extension. Other compilers may provide similar extensions. ...
Yes, but if I'm not mistaken, these extensions needed to be explicitly enabled before they could be used, which normally makes the user to understand that he is using an extension, not a standard feature.
It depends on the compiler. gcc, by default, enables a number of
language extensions; you have to give it extra command-line options to
disable the extensions and turn it into a (more or less) conforming
ISO C compiler. I've seen similar command-line options in other
compilers.
In this particular case, though, you appear to be correct; gcc rejects
"for (int i = 0; i < 10; i ++)" unless you specify C99 mode.
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