Module Name: src
Committed By: christos
Date: Sat Oct 24 15:46:09 UTC 2015
Modified Files:
src/share/misc: style
Log Message:
Amend variable initialization in the declarations comment.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.51 -r1.52 src/share/misc/style
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Index: src/share/misc/style
diff -u src/share/misc/style:1.51 src/share/misc/style:1.52
--- src/share/misc/style:1.51 Fri Mar 8 11:50:02 2013
+++ src/share/misc/style Sat Oct 24 11:46:09 2015
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: style,v 1.51 2013/03/08 16:50:02 christos Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: style,v 1.52 2015/10/24 15:46:09 christos Exp $ */
/*
* The revision control tag appears first, with a blank line after it.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
#include <sys/cdefs.h>
__COPYRIGHT("@(#) Copyright (c) 2008\
The NetBSD Foundation, inc. All rights reserved.");
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: style,v 1.51 2013/03/08 16:50:02 christos Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: style,v 1.52 2015/10/24 15:46:09 christos Exp $");
/*
* VERY important single-line comments look like this.
@@ -339,7 +339,10 @@ function(int a1, int a2, float fl, int a
* Function prototypes should go in the include file "extern.h".
* If a line overflows reuse the type keyword.
*
- * DO NOT initialize variables in the declarations.
+ * Avoid initializing variables in the declarations; move
+ * declarations next to their first use, and initialize
+ * opportunistically. This avoids over-initialization and
+ * accidental bugs caused by declaration reordering.
*/
extern u_char one;
extern char two;
