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Re: Bug in C FE or difference between C & C++

From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
To: Bingfeng Mei <bmei at broadcom dot com>
Cc: "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 07:44:22 -0500
Subject: Re: Bug in C FE or difference between C & C++
References: <7FB04A5C213E9943A72EE127DB74F0ADA6666C5762@SJEXCHCCR02.corp.ad.broadcom.com>

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:00 AM, Bingfeng Mei <bmei@broadcom.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For the following simple example,
>
> int main(void)
> {
> ?int a=0;
> ?switch (a)
> ? ?{
> ? ?case 0:
> ? ? int b=2;
> ? ? break;
> ? ? }
> }
>
> GCC will complain:
> tst.c: In function 'main':
> tst.c:7:6: error: a label can only be part of a statement and a declaration is not a statement
> G++ will compile silently.
>
> Is this a C FE bug or due to difference between C & C++?

in C++, a local declaration is a statement.

References:
- Bug in C FE or difference between C & C++
  - From: Bingfeng Mei

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