aesthetics of C, and the ANSI standard

Jack Jansen jack at vu44.UUCP
Tue Aug 28 16:47:49 AEST 1984


> It also seems to me that LABEL names could overlap variable names without
> confusing the compiler.  (Whether it would confuse the casual reader is
> another question.)     - Jim Van Zandt
> 
> 
It *does* confuse the compiler. You can take the address of a label
using "&foo".
 By the way, is there anything useful you can do with this feature?
Use it as a function address? Assigned goto's??? Something else?????

	Jack Jansen, {philabs|decvax}!mcvax!vu44!jack



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