In: http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2008-October/017449.html
we were discussing possible bugs in g++ scoping for if statements. $ cat t.cc void foo() { if (int x = 0) { int x; } } $ ./xgcc -B./ -c t.cc $ they expected this to produce a redeclaration error on the inner declaration for X. Tested on gcc version 4.4.0 20081003 (experimental) [trunk revision 140855] (GCC) There were other concerns about for, but, others seem to think gcc does the right thing with them. -- Summary: if scoping for declarations Product: gcc Version: 4.4.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: mrs at apple dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37728