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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:22:05 -0700
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
> [...]
>
>> Not exactly.  There are things that can be done inside a
>> statement-expression that are not available inside nested
>> functions or lambdas.
>
> And you're not going to tell us what those things are.

As a rule I don't have a lot of sympathy for people who are
too lazy to think for themselves.  I'm sorry to say that
class includes you a lot more often than would appear to be
warrented.