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Re: case labels

Subject: Re: case labels
From: Ian Collins
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:18:10 +1300
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c

sumsin wrote:
> On Mar 28, 10:03 am, Ian Collins <ian-n...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> aark...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> why general integer expressions are not allowed in case labels in
>>> switch statements..????
>> Because they must be compile time constants.
>>
*Please* don't quote signatures.
> 
> Could you elaborate this concept?

The language requires case labels to be compile time constants.  There
really isn't a concept to elaborate on.

-- 
Ian Collins.

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