Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 20:43:59 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Variable initialization Message-ID: <199705211944.UAA20321@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 May 1997 07:18:11 EDT." <199705201118.HAA25363@lakes.water.net>
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I'll retry sending that.... dodgy reply addresses ! ;)
[.....]
> I believe, of course, some of the other arguments far outweigh
> this concern - personally, I much prefer initializations that are
> performed outside of the declaration block... for about the same
> reasons cited.
Heh. Not so long ago, I wrote code like:
int f = 0;
FILE *file = fopen( myfile, "r" );
for( ; f < maxf; f++ )
{
....
It's quite tricky making yourself change so much ! I'm starting
to like style(9) though (because of discussions like this that
explain the reasoning).
> - Dave Rivers -
>
>
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<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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