Ok agreed!
But don't you think that C compiler (gcc) also output
this error?
My observation is gcc outputs error only if we try to
initialise both instant of "a".
Regards.
--- Nathan Sidwell <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Name lastlong wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am expecting a error (redefinition of "a") from
> > following piece of code. But gcc (3.4.2) doesnot
> give
> > any error.
> > /////////////////
> > int a;
> > char b;
> > int a;
> >
> > void foo(void)
> > {
> > return;
> > }
> > /////////////////
> > Instead, if we try initialising "a" at BOTH the
> > places, then it gives error.
> > VC++ gives this error anyway.
>
> VC++ is a C++ compiler, where the above is an error
> gcc is a C compiler, where the above is not an error
>
> nathan
>
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