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In article <1992Jul23.182026.57480@cc.usu.edu> sl8nl@cc.usu.edu writes:
>> what I want added to C:
>> add scope control with '.' ie:
>> int a;
>> blort()
>> 	{
>> 	int a;
>> 	a=1;	/* set LOCAL A=1 */
>> 	.a=1;	/* set GLOBAL A=1 */
>> 	}
>> 
>
>Turbo Pascal already has that feature <sneer :)>

GACK!! By allowing a programmer to have umpteen variables with the same
name, Pascal actually ENCOURAGES you to write unintelligible code!!!
Of course, C doesn't NEED that kind of scope control, because a C
programmer would have written the above code fragment like this:


// begin code fragment

int a;

void blort(void)
//
// B L O R T
//
// Description: A stupid example code snippet for posting to a Usenet
//     newsgroup.
//
// Parameters:
//     None.
//
// Global Variables Used:
//     a
//
{
int b;

    b = 1;	// set LOCAL variable to 1
    a = 1;	// set GLOBAL variable to 1
}

// end code fragment


;-)