Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:10:35 -0500 (CDT) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: [FIXES] 2.1.125 |
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On Sat, 10 Oct 1998, Adam Sulmicki wrote:
> [btw: can someone explain me why in linux kernel I can't declare var > inside of the proc, but instead it has to be at beginning of it. I think > in 'normal' c programs you can do that]
Because you've been writing your 'normal' C programs with a C++ compiler. In ANSI C, variable declarations must preceed all other statements inside a given scope. Further, variable initialization is limited to simple assignments.
This is one of the few features of C++ that would apply well to the kernel, I think - there are numerous multiple-page functions that could be clarified by local declarations. The kernel already heavily relies on inline functions, which are standard in C++ but not in C.
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