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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: question about linker
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 06:16:29 -0800
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 04/12/2024 16:38, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> writes:
>>
>>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 03/12/2024 11:15, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> If I write this
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     int *A, B[10], C(int);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My compiler tells me that:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     A is a local variable [...]
>>>>>>     B is a local variable [...]
>>>>>>     C is a function with return type of 'i32', taking one
>>>>>>       unnamed parameter of type 'i32'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (Interestingly, it places C into module scope, so the same
>>>>>> declaration can also create names in different scopes!)
>>
>> That means your compiler is not compiling standard C.  In standard C
>> all entities declared locally have block scope, not file scope.
>
> OK, it can be added to the list of things that make C harder to
> compile.

On the contrary, it makes C easier to compile, because there is no
need to check for different cases.  There is a single rule that
applies to all local declarations.