[coreboot] [flashrom][PATCH] invalid local variable declaration

[Luc Verhaegen]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:32:05PM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> stephan.guilloux at free.fr wrote:
> >   Hello all,
> >
> > To start teh day, a small patch for an invalid local variable...
> > In C, local variable must be declared before any statment, and not, like in C++
> > in the middle of the function.
> >
> >   
> Thanks a lot for the patch!
> 
> The restriction of local variable declarations only working at the top
> of the function has been revised in the C99 standard. Every compiler
> that is C99 compliant will understand the code and do the right thing.
> 
> Stefan

I personally dislike this, as it is only done to make it easier for 
people to be lazy.

By being forced to declare variables at the beginning of blocks, people 
are pushed towards creating smaller blocks and therefor expose natural 
deliniations quicker. Then people are more likely to create small 
(inlined) functions out of those blocks instead of using {} in the 
middle of a block.

Just because the compiler can handle it doesn't mean that you should 
write less good code than you could.

Let's keep variable declarations old style, as it is a style choice 
which has some consequences with respect to human behaviour.

Luc Verhaegen,
A very lazy man who knows what he would be doing if things were made too 
easy on him.