Declarations in statements -- a question.

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1 total messages Started by Stephen J. Muir Sun, 17 Aug 1986 02:19

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Author: Stephen J. Muir
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1986 02:19

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Can anybody explain why the following fails to compile:

main ()
{	if (int i = 5)
		/* do something */;
}

when the following succeeds:

main ()
{	for (int i = 5; i; )
		/* do something */;
}

C++ version 1.1, BSD 4.2, DEC VAX-11/750.
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