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Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 14:58:51 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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To: Rene Herman <rene.herman@keyaccess.nl>
CC: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>, Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>,
       Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal@eyal.emu.id.au>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.26-pre2
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Rene Herman wrote:
> David Weinehall wrote:
> 
>>>> In standard C we declare all variables at the top of a function. While
>>>> some compilers allow extension, it is not a good idea to get used to
>>>> them if we want portable code.
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, come on. This is _kernel_ code, it won't ever be compiled with 
>>> anything
>>> not GCC-compatible.
>>
>>
>> Ugly warts don't become any less ugly just because gcc accepts them...
> 
> 
> Mixing code and declarations is also c99. For (a sane) gcc specifically, 
> you have to tell it -std=c89 -pedantic to have it even complain.

Agreed, with the proviso s/sane/new/

We want to support older gccs that do not support the C99/C++ syntax, 
for now.

	Jeff


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