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Date:      Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:04:29 GMT
From:      Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: e2fa10e67646 - main - style: Tighten up one use of 'may'
Message-ID:  <202207281404.26SE4ThH088960@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by imp:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e2fa10e67646fc754fa352b56ceb38d1ff4cdb5e

commit e2fa10e67646fc754fa352b56ceb38d1ff4cdb5e
Author:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-07-28 14:01:09 +0000
Commit:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-07-28 14:01:54 +0000

    style: Tighten up one use of 'may'
    
    Declarations of variables must be placed before the statements of a
    block, by convention. Use 'must' instead of 'may' here and clarify
    langauge.
    
    Sponsored by:           Netflix
    Reviewed by:            pstef, rpokala, hselasky
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35959
---
 share/man/man9/style.9 | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man9/style.9 b/share/man/man9/style.9
index 4ef0c0a8b4bb..64fcc7425b4e 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/style.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/style.9
@@ -701,8 +701,7 @@ then in alphabetical order; multiple ones per line are okay.
 If a line overflows reuse the type keyword.
 Variables may be initialized where declared especially when they
 are constant for the rest of the scope.
-Declarations may be placed before executable lines at the start
-of any block.
+Declarations may be in any block, but must be placed before statements.
 Calls to complicated functions should be avoided when initializing variables.
 .Bd -literal
 	struct foo one, *two;



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