Q37219: No Such Thing as a static auto Variable.

Article: Q37219
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.00 5.10 | 5.00 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | S_QUICKC docerr | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 21-NOV-1988

Page 86 (section 4.6.2, third paragraph) of the "Microsoft QuickC and
Optimizing C Language Reference" states "A static auto variable can
be initialized..."

However, the storage classes static and auto are mutually exclusive --
there is no "static auto" class. The text should read, "A static OR
auto variable can be initialized..."

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