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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: Declarations in switches, errors
Message-ID: <14877@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 13 Oct 89 01:56:37 GMT
References: <561@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <10041@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <10888@riks.csl.sony.co.jp>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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In article <10888@riks.csl.sony.co.jp> diamond@riks. (Norman Diamond) writes:
>Mr. Kremer [seems to] think that correct execution of a switch statement
>constitutes abnormal entry to the block.  I conjecture that very few will
>agree with you.

I agree with him.  `Normal' entry to a block is by falling into it from above.
A block that happens to be the body of a switch is entered abnormally.  This
is not a contradiction.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint