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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 06:52:46 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:40:39 +0200, fir wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> Somehow along the line from BCPL to B to C, one useful feature was
>> lost: the ability to have a value-returning statement block inside an
>> expression.
>>
> if so thats probably sad, though i dont know how it looked like

The construct looks like

    VALOF $( ... «stmts»; RESULTIS «return-value» $)