From: Roland Dreier <roland@topspin.com>
To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Cc: Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal@eyal.emu.id.au>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.26-pre2
Date: 07 Mar 2004 10:49:05 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52y8qcv6fy.fsf@topspin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200403071619.i27GJkOZ003480@eeyore.valparaiso.cl>
Eyal> In standard C we declare all variables at the top of a
Eyal> function. While some compilers allow extension, it is not a
Eyal> good idea to get used to them if we want portable code.
Horst> Oh, come on. This is _kernel_ code, it won't ever be
Horst> compiled with anything not GCC-compatible.
gcc 2.95 rejects declarations after code. The kernel, especially
kernel 2.4, shouldn't use this particular extension, even if gcc 3
accepts it.
- R.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-07 18:49 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 [this message]
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
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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