Re: question about linker

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]

You need input from a symbol table in order to parse C, a table that
the parser needs to maintain as it processes source code. That will
tell you whether a particular identifier is a typename or not.

Yes.  (I've mentioned this a number of times.)

There are issues also with keywords like 'break'.

What issues?

If you're referring to the fact that a break statement can occur only
within a loop or switch, I don't see the problem.  A break statement
that's not within a loop or switch is a constraint violation, not a
syntax error.  I've never heard of a C compiler having any difficulty
diagnosing it correctly.

If you're referring to the fact that break can apply either to a loop or
to a switch, that's a potential source of confusion, but it shouldn't be
a problem once you're aware of it.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */