declarations after a case statement
Dan Carpenter <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Jun 2026 16:40:44 +0300
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-sparse |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Sparse doesn't let you declare a variable immediately after a case
statement but that's something we do in the kernel these days. The
"b" declaration is fine, but "c" generates a warning.
regards,
dan carpenter
$ ./sparse test.c
test.c:10:17: error: typename in expression
test.c:10:21: error: Expected ; at end of statement
test.c:10:21: error: got c
test.c:10:17: error: undefined identifier 'int'
$
#include <stdio.h>
void func(int a)
{
switch (a) {
case 1:
printf("hello\n");
int b;
case 2:
int c;
}
}