Re: Definitions in statements allowed?

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Subject: Re: Definitions in statements allowed?
From: Andreas Bogk <andreas@andreas.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:00:01 -0400 (EDT)
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Rob Myers <robm@onetel.net.uk> writes:

> Is there anything I can do about this, other than trying to re-arrange some
> fairly deep macro code to try and define functions only at the top level?

Top-level-statemens are treated differently by the compiler than other
statements. You'd have to change a lot to make definitions in blocks
work.

Andreas

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kämpfen, ohne genau die Werte zu verlieren, die man verteidigen
möchte."
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Re: Definitions in statements allowed?

From: Rob Myers <robm@onetel.net.uk>