Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: K&R App A, par. 8 & 8.2, on Declaration, Defaulting. Message-ID: <2928@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 12-Jul-84 13:47:56 EDT Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2928 Posted: Thu Jul 12 13:47:56 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Jul-84 02:29:13 EDT References: ecsvax.2905 hou3c.664 180@log-hb.UUCP 1027@hao.UUCP Lines: 6 <> I withdraw in shame my assertion than "a = 1" as a local declaration doesn't cause any ambiguity. Bennett Todd (bet@ecsvax) pointed out that an ambiguity DOES arise if there is a global variable named "a". Sorry... d gary grady (too ashamed to use upper case)