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Re: Declarations in switches, errors

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From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1989 21:45
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In article <1211@virtech.UUCP> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>One does not "conceptualize" the initialization as an execution.

Then one has the wrong mental model.  Auto initialization is to all extents
and purposes execution of an assignment statement.  It therefore differs
radically from static initialization, which is what your model fits.
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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: Declarations in switches, errors
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Date: 29 Sep 89 21:45:35 GMT
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