Is this a bug in gcc??

[Name lastlong]

Hi Eljay Love-Jensen,

Thanks a lot for ur reply. 
I understand it this time. :)

Regards,
Brew.

--- Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay@adobe.com> wrote:

> Hi Name lastlong,
> 
>  >But don't you think that C compiler (gcc) also
> output this error?
> 
> It's not an error in C, therefore a C compiler would
> be non-compliant to 
> the C standard if it produced an error.  (And it
> would break a lot of 
> correct code.)
> 
>  >My observation is gcc outputs error only if we try
> to initialise both 
> instant of "a".
> 
> In C, there is only one instance of "a".
> 
> Stroustrup talks about C/C++ incompatibility in his
> C++ Programming 
> Language (3rd and Special editions) on B.2.2.
> 
> HTH,
> --Eljay
> 
> 



		
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