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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Konstantin Kharlamov <hi-angel@yandex.ru>
Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, 35062@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35062: [PATCH v3 2/3] constify a bit of xterm.c
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:36:38 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83tvf2jfw9.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1555155046.2588.0@yandex.ru> (message from Konstantin Kharlamov on Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:30:46 +0300)

> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:30:46 +0300
> From: Konstantin Kharlamov <hi-angel@yandex.ru>
> Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, 35062@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I'd like to take this as an opportunity to ask a question: I see Emacs 
> C code is using the old style where variables (mostly) are declared at 
> the beginning of a function. Is it just a legacy from C89 days (I hope 
> so), or is it a mandatory style?

It's legacy.  Nowadays we allow declarations near the first usage, per
C99.  But again, we only make changes in the order as part of other
code changes, not just by themselves.

> I'm asking because if I gonna work on the code, I'd for sure like to 
> encapsulate variables as much as possible, which means I'd rather 
> declare them on the first use (as a bonus, this often may allow to 
> constify the variable too).

That's okay.  We require C99 these days.





  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-13 11:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-31 22:36 bug#35062: Patches: trivial cleanups Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-03-31 22:37 ` bug#35062: [PATCH 0/4] Trivial code cleanups Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-03-31 22:37   ` bug#35062: [PATCH 1/4] Remove redundant comparison Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-03-31 22:37   ` bug#35062: [PATCH 2/4] constify a bit of xterm.c Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-03-31 22:37   ` bug#35062: [PATCH 3/4] min_cols/rows is always 0, don't check for it Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-01 22:37     ` Noam Postavsky
2019-04-02  0:09       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-02 14:46         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-02 20:54           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-03  4:45             ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-02  0:23       ` bug#35062: [PATCH v2] min_cols/rows is always 0, remove noop actions Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-05  7:05         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-05 22:18           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-06  7:09             ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-07  2:03               ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-07  2:45                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-06  7:25             ` Michael Albinus
2019-03-31 22:37   ` bug#35062: [PATCH 4/4] don't compare unsigned to less-than-zero Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-01  4:37   ` bug#35062: [PATCH 0/4] Trivial code cleanups Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-01 13:27     ` Robert Pluim
2019-04-01 13:35       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-01 13:41         ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-01 13:43         ` Robert Pluim
2019-04-01 13:51           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-01 14:34       ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-01 15:04         ` Robert Pluim
2019-04-01 17:37           ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-02 20:49 ` bug#35062: [PATCH] Remove redundant multiplication of ch and cw Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-05  7:16   ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-07  2:13 ` bug#35062: [PATCH v3 1/3] Remove redundant comparison Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-07  2:13   ` bug#35062: [PATCH v3 2/3] constify a bit of xterm.c Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-13  8:15     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-13 11:30       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-13 11:36         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-04-20  0:31       ` Paul Eggert
2019-04-20  1:09         ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-20  1:17           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-20  6:53           ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-20 10:31             ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-20 11:01               ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-20 11:23                 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-20 11:25                   ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-20 11:47                     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-20 11:58                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-20  6:28         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-07  2:13   ` bug#35062: [PATCH v3 3/3] don't compare unsigned to less-than-zero Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-13  8:11     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-13  8:06   ` bug#35062: [PATCH v3 1/3] Remove redundant comparison Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-13 18:19     ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-13 18:24       ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-13 18:28         ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-13 19:19           ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-15  3:38             ` Richard Stallman
2019-04-15  6:49               ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-15 14:32                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-15 15:01                   ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-15 15:21                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-15 17:03                       ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-15 17:16                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-15 17:29                           ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2019-04-15 18:21                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-15 18:14                 ` Richard Stallman
2019-04-15 18:39                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-15 14:25               ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-16 21:27                 ` Richard Stallman
2019-04-17  2:40                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-04-17 20:52                     ` Richard Stallman
2019-06-23 18:07 ` bug#35062: Patches: trivial cleanups Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-06-23 18:34   ` Constantine Kharlamov

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