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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
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Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 21:01:22 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-04-04, Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> wrote:
> Em 4/4/2025 5:34 PM, Kaz Kylheku escreveu:
>> The else part might need access to some local variables
>> in the main part.
>> 
>>    do {
>>       char *name = calculate_path(PATH_PREFIX "/", name, ".txt");
>>       FILE *f = fopen(...)
>> 
>>       if (!f)
>>         quit;
>>       ...
>>    }
>>    else
>>    {
>>       printf("unable to open %s\n", name);
>>       ...
>>    }
>
> In this case we move the scope of the variable we need.

Your name isn't Bjarne Stroustrup, so you're not allowed to
create scope wormholes between disjoint curly braces.

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