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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 14:36:32 -0700
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On 4/4/2025 2:01 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> 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.
> 

Shit happens... ;^)