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From: djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Scope question
Message-ID: <417@goofy.megatest.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 88 21:43:11 GMT
References: <718@virginia.acc.virginia.edu>
Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca
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in article <718@virginia.acc.virginia.edu), scl@virginia.acc.virginia.edu (Steve Losen) says:
) 
) The following pascal program compiles and outputs "10" with the Berkeley
) pascal compiler "pc".
) 
) program test(output);
) 	const c = 10;
) 
) procedure junk;
) 	const c = c;  { Shouldn't this be an error ? } [Yep.]

	          ^ applied occurance
		   ^ defining point
) begin
) 	writeln(c)
) end;
) 
) begin
) 	junk
) end.
) 
) According the the ISO pascal standard:
) 


Yep.  That is an error.  It is, as you pointed out, an applied occurance
of c is before the defining point. 

-- Dave J.