Re: do { quit; } else { }

On 2025-04-04, Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> wrote:

Em 4/4/2025 5:34 PM, Kaz Kylheku escreveu:

The else part might need access to some local variables
in the main part.
>
    do {
       char *name = calculate_path(PATH_PREFIX "/", name, ".txt");
       FILE *f = fopen(...)
>
       if (!f)
         quit;
       ...
    }
    else
    {
       printf("unable to open %s\n", name);
       ...
    }

>
In this case we move the scope of the variable we need.

 Your name isn't Bjarne Stroustrup, so you're not allowed to
create scope wormholes between disjoint curly braces.