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.

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