• Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> Aug 06 2005
• Chris Sauls <ibisbasenji gmail.com> Aug 07 2005

Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:

<code>
void main(){
  end: ;
  void f(){
    goto end;
  }
}
</code>

Why is `end' undefined?

-manfred

Chris Sauls <ibisbasenji gmail.com> writes:

Manfred Nowak wrote:
 <code>
 void main(){
   end: ;
   void f(){
     goto end;
   }
 }
 </code>
 
 Why is `end' undefined?


I won't swear to it: but probably because labels are specific to their scope. 
And/or 
because functions (even inline ones, technically) are anchored to their frame,
so a 'goto' 
pointing outside that frame won't work.  Same reason this doesn't:

# void bob () {
#   L_inBob: ;
# }
#
# void foo () {
#   goto L_inBob;
# }

-- Chris Sauls