How do I declare several variables in a for (;;) loop in C?

Question

I thought one could declare several variables in a for loop:

for (int i = 0, char* ptr = bam; i < 10; i++) { ... }

But I just

Answer 1

According to http://linuxsoftware.co.nz/cppgrammar.html#for-init-statement you can get only simple declaration or an expression (which is not permitted to contain declaration) in the for-init statement. That means the answer is no (if I analyzed the BNF correctly :) )