Re: 2.2.18 signal.h

[Ulrich Drepper]

Andrea Arcangeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> x()
> {
> 
>       switch (1) {
>       case 0:
>       case 1:
>       case 2:
>       case 3:
>       ;
>       }
> }
> 
> Why am I required to put a `;' only in the last case and not in all
> the previous ones? Or maybe gcc-latest is forgetting to complain about
> the previous ones ;)

Your C language knowledge seems to have holes.  It must be possible to
have more than one label for a statement.  Look through the kernel
sources, there are definitely cases where this is needed.

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