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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: goto's and switch statements -- mild proposal
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Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 17:52:35 EDT
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> ... my original suggestion...
> explicitly said that normal labels ought to have block scope.  This
> would *remove* a non-orthogonality in the language.

Unfortunately, it would also break substantial amounts of existing code.
Vile, repellent, disgusting, but *currently legal* existing code.  That's
a no-no.
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