Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:31:56 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: <865xrkzk03.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <86o75d1ktx.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87ed69crn5.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 18:31:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6b5ad5f5888a1a6f98ce057847c0415f"; logging-data="3727365"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Qsp7hZ2RuPHVf3UQw0fqxjdTEF48CkOU=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uNDBMug4mAr1jwCUFRa5qRg6dXQ= sha1:t40gILmE+Lemhw1REJpXgEeD568= Bytes: 2300 Keith Thompson writes: > Tim Rentsch 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. Let me add something to my last response. I think you're doing a disservice to the community by always explaining everything in great detail. Sometimes, sure; perhaps even mostly. But not always. People need to learn to think. You must have heard the proverb about giving a man a fish versus teaching a man to fish. You just keep doling out fish. I want people to learn to think so they can fish for themselves. One difference between you and me is that I almost never respond to a posting of yours that is part of a conversation with someone else to complain about your answer. And I don't engage in such behavior even though I think that what you're doing is worse than what I'm doing. I'm fed up with your high and mighty attitude.