Hello everybody,
I cannot find where in the K&R2 it is stated that variables must be
defined at the beginning
of a block and not within other lines.
In Section 1.2 I read:
In C, all variables must be declared before they are used, usually at
the beginning of the
function before any executable statements.
USUALLY does not mean ABSOLUTELY, correct?
I know that in C99 it is possible, but I'm interested in C89.
Can anyone tell me something about?
Thank you!
Claus 5 1447
On 26 Oct 2006 06:42:38 -0700, "Clausfor" <cl******@gmail.comwrote:
>Hello everybody, I cannot find where in the K&R2 it is stated that variables must be defined at the beginning of a block and not within other lines. In Section 1.2 I read:
In C, all variables must be declared before they are used, usually at the beginning of the
function before any executable statements. USUALLY does not mean ABSOLUTELY, correct? I know that in C99 it is possible, but I'm interested in C89. Can anyone tell me something about? Thank you!
Claus
Take a look at page 25:
"A funtion definition has this form:
return-type function-name (parameter declarations, if any)
{
declarations
statements
}
"
That's it, and it's clear
Zara
In article <11**********************@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups .com>,
Clausfor <cl******@gmail.comwrote:
In C, all variables must be declared before they are used, usually at the beginning of the
function before any executable statements. USUALLY does not mean ABSOLUTELY, correct?
You can declare variable in inner blocks:
int foo(void)
{
int a;
...
{
int b;
...
}
}
-- Richard
Yes... clear... thank you!
Claus
Clausfor wrote:
Hello everybody,
I cannot find where in the K&R2 it is stated that variables must be
defined at the beginning
of a block and not within other lines.
Try the grammar.
(Can't cite page & name, as my copy of K&R2 is at home.)
--
Chris "back home once again ...." Dollin
"Reaching out for mirrors hidden in the web." - Renaissance, /Running Hard/
Clausfor said:
Hello everybody,
I cannot find where in the K&R2 it is stated that variables must be
defined at the beginning
of a block and not within other lines.
You're looking for an explicit prohibition, but you won't find one. What you
have instead is absence of permission. See page 236, grammar for
compound-statement, which shows that declarations *may* occur at the
beginning of a compound statement. Now look for other places in the grammar
where declarations *may* occur, and look at... well, at what isn't there.
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999 http://www.cpax.org.uk
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