From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 14:58:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <404B7EFB.30308@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <404B7D8D.1060801@keyaccess.nl>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-07 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-06 19:20 Marcelo Tosatti
2004-03-07 5:44 ` Eyal Lebedinsky
2004-03-07 16:19 ` Horst von Brand
2004-03-07 18:49 ` Roland Dreier
2004-03-07 19:42 ` Michael Frank
2004-03-07 19:25 ` David Weinehall
2004-03-07 19:52 ` Rene Herman
2004-03-07 19:58 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-03-07 20:05 ` David Weinehall
2004-03-07 20:58 ` Michael Frank
2004-03-07 20:08 ` Michal Schmidt
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