Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC v2 06/13] libxl: permit declaration after statement

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 12:36 -0400, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC v2 06/13] libxl: permit 
> > declaration after statement"):
> > > I suspect there isn't much scope for abuse of this capability but would
> > > a few words of guidance in CODING_STYLE make sense?
> > 
> > I don't think there's anything I feel needs saying.  If you think
> > people are likely to abuse it in a particular way then do say :-).
> > 
> > Otherwise we can wait and see what results and add stuff to
> > CODING_STYLE as necessary ?
> 
> Yes, lets do that.
> 

I think it would make sense to add to the CODING_STYLE that variable
declarations shouldn't be mixed with code, unless part of a macro or an
alloca-like construct.
Basically the coding style should stay the same that is now.

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