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From: shad.dev@netcomuk.co.uk (Ira Rainey)
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.codewarrior
Subject: Re: declaring variables
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 21:57:59 +0100
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In article <33ABCD3F.9834F05@mail.globalnet.co.uk>, Brian West
<briest@mail.globalnet.co.uk> wrote:

> I was wondering if you could tell me while the following doesn't work in
> Codewarrior but works in VC++5/Watcom
> 
> void main()
> {
>  int a;
>  a=5;
> int b;
> b=7;
> }
> 
>  this gives an unidentified declarator b error message unless I put 'int
> b;' after 'int a;' or I write 'int a,b;' It doesn't seem to like any
> staements being put in between declaring variables.

Probably due to strict ANSI C compliance. You cannot define variables
after you have started to write any other code. This is only legal in C++,
not in ANSI C.

Ira

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