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Re: New ARI warning Wed May 23 01:55:03 UTC 2012


> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:19:22 -0700
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> 
> > Mark> So I'd have no objection to requiring C99, except for one
> > Mark> style-related issue.  I really, really hate mixing declarations with
> > Mark> code (something that C99 started to allow).  So if we switch to
> > Mark> requiring C99, I think we should add a rule to the coding standards
> > Mark> that variables may only be declared at the start of a block.
> > 
> > If there is no warning for it, then uses will slip in.
> 
> Here is a patch that adds -Wdeclaration-after-statement to the list
> of compiler warnings...

Oh, there *is* a flag for this?  I looked for it but didn't find it...

> Tested on x86_64-linux by rebuilding the native compiler with
> --enable-targets=all.
> 
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 
>         * configure.ac (build_warnings): Add -Wdeclaration-after-statement.
>         * configure: Regenerate.
> 
> OK to commit?

yes, please


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