[PATCH 1/2] STYLE: document some rules about variable declarations
David Bremner
david at tethera.net
Sat Feb 13 09:11:18 PST 2016
No-one seemed opposed to C99 style loop variable declarations. The
requirement to declare variables at the top of blocks is maybe a little
more contested, but I believe it reflects the status quo.
---
devel/STYLE | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/devel/STYLE b/devel/STYLE
index 24bd548..b22d8d3 100644
--- a/devel/STYLE
+++ b/devel/STYLE
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ The following nonsense code demonstrates many aspects of the style:
static some_type
function (param_type param, param_type param)
{
- int i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+ for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
int j;
j = i + 10;
@@ -64,6 +62,9 @@ function (param_type param, param_type param)
* Code lines should be less than 80 columns and comments should be
wrapped at 70 columns.
+* Variable declarations should be at the top of a block; C99 style
+ control variable declarations in for loops are also OK.
+
Naming
------
--
2.6.4
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