Re: [Swarm-Support] When did gcc get so lenient about the location of variable declarations?

[Bill Northcott]

On 15/03/2005, at 4:15 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I got inspired and tried that. Here's the compiler error:
>
> ...
>
> So I tried with cutting out the <> brackets,
>
> @protocol SomeOtherProtocol ;
>
> and the error then changes to reject the eventual full declaration of  
> the SomeOtherProtocol because it had already had a protocol  
> declaration.

What was the code with context that gave rise to the first error you  
documented?

Here is the link to the formal specification of the relevant language  
grammar:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/ 
LanguageGrammar/chapter_6_section_2.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001429/ 
TPXREF101

or for the whole Objective-C manual:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/ 
index.html

Bill