Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!alice!bs From: bs@alice.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Blocks, scopes and declaration statements Summary: no Message-ID: <11497@alice.att.com> Date: 16 Oct 90 19:19:42 GMT References: <77210008@hpclscu.HP.COM> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ Lines: 3 A declaration statement does not start a new block. Your example is legal.