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From: Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com>
Subject: Re: The caselessness is one of the things I like best!
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Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> Hmmmmmm..... Just tried this with gcc:
> 
>  ui32     Event_Code   = k_pmsg_Display_Start ;
>  ....and then.....
>  event_code =     k_pmsg_Display_Start ;
> 
> Got the following complaint:
> 
> msgeas/Msg_Display.cpp: In function `void dis_Show_Window(struct
> Msg_Display_Type &)':
> msgeas/Msg_Display.cpp:359: `event_code' undeclared (first use this
> function)
> 
> There may be conditions under which differences in character case go
> undetected, but its not quite the case where undeclared variables just get
> created.

I have used C compilers that do not give warnings for undeclared
variables by default; they are silently created as type int. I don't
know if this is still legal for standard C.

-- 
Jeffrey Carter