[coreboot] [flashrom][PATCH] invalid local variable declaration
Stefan Reinauer
stepan at coresystems.de
Tue Jun 23 13:51:21 CEST 2009
Hi, Luc,
I agree we should set standards as low as possible, and try to make it
easier for people to write good code, but..
On 23.06.2009 13:39 Uhr, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> I personally dislike this, as it is only done to make it easier for
> people to be lazy.
>
Or to make the code more compact and easier to read.
> By being forced to declare variables at the beginning of blocks, people
> are pushed towards creating smaller blocks and therefor expose natural
> deliniations quicker.
While you may be right for many cases, I don't believe that cutting
features of a programming language automatically makes people write
better code. If it were, we'd all be writing firmware in Forth. ;-)
> Just because the compiler can handle it doesn't mean that you should
> write less good code than you could.
>
Just because the compiler allows you to declare variables inline does
not mean that you should create bigger code blocks or write worse code.
Stefan
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