can a function name be an identifier?

[nomadcontauroi]

iam wondering if a function name,say sum,could serve as an identifier?
thanks.

 

[Vladimir S. Oka]

iam wondering if a function name,say sum,could serve as an identifier?
thanks.

Function names _are_ idnetifiers.

If you meant, can you reuse a function name as a variable name,
the simple answer is no, at least not in the same scope.

There are ways to achieve this though, but I'd strongly advise
against them.

Cheers

Vladimir

 

[Keith Thompson]

iam wondering if a function name,say sum,could serve as an identifier?

A function name has to be an identifier.

What are you really trying to ask?

 

[Jaspreet]

iam wondering if a function name,say sum,could serve as an identifier?
thanks.

No if you are planning to use a function name as another identifier. I
faintly remember reading something of reusing it but my question would
be why ? Have we run out of identifier names ?

 

[nomadcontauroi]

Can a variable's name be identical with a function's?

 

[nomadcontauroi]

iam just curious about it

 

[nomadcontauroi]

iam just curious about it

 

[Vladimir S. Oka]

Can a variable's name be identical with a function's?

Please quote the context you're replying to.

Also, please phrase your questions more carefully, since the
answer to the above question is:

Yes /and/ No, depending on what exactly you want to achieve.

Cheers

Vladimir

 

[nomadcontauroi]

I can not express how grateful I am!
Both to your generous assistance and to your patience
And I am leaving.
see ya.

 

[Michael Mair]

iam wondering if a function name,say sum,could serve as an identifier?

As others have said: It is an identifier.

The namespace and scope rules of C make the following a
standard conforming C program; I used the identifier a
whenever I knew it was allowed, otherwise I changed to b
(I may have missed an opportunity for "a"):

,-- Do not do this at home ;-) --

typedef struct a { union b { int a; } a; } a;

void b (int a);

int main (void)
{
a a;
struct a { char a;} b;
a: {
long a;
b: ;
}
return 0;
}

void b (int a)
{
int b;
a: ;
}

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Cheers
Michael