Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere

On 28/08/2024 18:31, Tim Rentsch wrote:

Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
 

Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
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Not exactly.  There are things that can be done inside a
statement-expression that are not available inside nested
functions or lambdas.

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And you're not going to tell us what those things are.

 Let me add something to my last response.  I think you're doing
a disservice to the community by always explaining everything
in great detail.  Sometimes, sure;  perhaps even mostly.  But
not always.  People need to learn to think.  You must have heard
the proverb about giving a man a fish versus teaching a man to
fish.  You just keep doling out fish.  I want people to learn to
think so they can fish for themselves.
 

As someone who has learned a lot over the years from people in this group, I think /you/ are doing the disservice with your patronising attitude and your treatment of everyone else as though they were your first-year students trying to cheat on their homework.  And it is made hugely worse by your habit of posting a teaser then disappearing for a month or more before dragging up old threads that everyone else has put aside.
Remember, this is comp.lang.c - it is /not/ help.me.learn.to.learn.
Keith answers people's questions, and gives constructive help.  When people want to learn more and think deeper, he is happy to encourage that - questioning their assumptions or giving more information.  But I don't think Keith needs me defending him here - his reputation in this group is outstanding with pretty much every regular.
You are possibly the regular in this group with the most technical knowledge of C, its standards and its history.  But in term of helping people, you are frustratingly poor.  If your aim is to encourage people to think and learn for themselves, you are regularly a failure.  If your aim is to make people think you are a self-righteous prick, you have done a much better job.

One difference between you and me is that I almost never respond
to a posting of yours that is part of a conversation with someone
else to complain about your answer.  And I don't engage in such
behavior even though I think that what you're doing is worse than
what I'm doing.  I'm fed up with your high and mighty attitude.
 

The irony of that last sentence is incredible.  With your negligible level of self-awareness, you should give up programming and enter politics.