Q33526: Deeply Nested Blocks Cause C4073 Warning

Article: Q33526
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10   | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 2-AUG-1988

The following program produces a C4073 warning when compiled with
the CL /Zi filename.c command line:

#include <assert.h>
#include <process.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main(ac,av)
int ac;
char **av;
{ assert(av[ac] == NULL);}

   The warning C4073 is generated when the compiler cannot generate
symbolic information for separate lines of code that recognize the
distinction between different blocks. For example, you may encounter
this error if you have many deeply nested blocks, each of which declares
automatic variables.
   The warning means that when in CodeView, the symbolic information
at the deeper levels will be merged and you will be able to see the
value of variables at lower levels when normally you would not.
   In this example, the warning is encountered because you are nesting
three levels on the same line of code. The assert function actually
is a macro that is expanded to two nested levels.
   You can work around the warning by moving the closing brace of the
function to the next line.

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