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Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 17:37:33 +0200
From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc: core@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Variable initialization
References: <199705191148.NAA04574@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> <199705191347.VAA22545@spinner.DIALix.COM>
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As Peter Wemm wrote:

> This doesn't bother me, but the following example does:
> 
> int s = splnet();
> struct inpcb *pcb = sotoinpcb(so);

Point taken.  Then, we should change the wording to explicitly mention
that function calls as initializers are a no-go.  This will be
understandable for most people.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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