STYLE: document some rules about variable declarations

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.
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David Bremner 2016-02-13 13:11:18 -04:00
parent 08f35973e3
commit 99a0a90f65

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@ -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.
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