Re: problems with identifiers and keywords...

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
(snip)


> My contributions to the world of compilers:


> Keyword "KW" is not legal in this context.


> You can not use the keyword "KW" here.


> An identifier was expected, but the keyword "KW" was
> encountered. Change the keyword to a valid identifier.


(snip of joke)
(snip)


I just tried the following in gcc 2.7.2.3:


main() {
int int;
float return;
char for,while,else;
for(for=0;do<else;while++) return return;
}




which came up with:


thing.c: In function `main':
thing.c:2: warning: useless keyword or type name in empty declaration
thing.c:2: warning: empty declaration
thing.c:3: parse error before `return'
thing.c:5: parse error before `for'


not quite as funny as your (snipped) joke, but it would
take a while to figure out what it meant.


-- glen

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