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Re: New C parser [patch]
I wrote:
> Distinguishing whether an identifier where a statement is expected is a
> label or starts an expression.
This description should also include distinguishing between a typedef name
starting a declaration and being a label, where both declarations and
statements are permitted: the checks look successively for a label;
declaration specifiers; __extension__ (in which case then at the token
after the sequence of __extension__); or else an unlabeled statement.
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