On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 05:10:01PM +0200, Morten Brørup wrote: > The coding style guide says: > > "Variables should be declared at the start of a block of code rather than in > the middle. The exception to this is when the variable is const in which case > the declaration must be at the point of first use/assignment. Declaring > variable inside a for loop is OK." > > Since DPDK switched to C11, variables can be declared where they are used, > which reduces the risk of using effectively uninitialized variables. > "Effectively uninitialized" means initialized to 0 or NULL where declared, to > silence any compiler warnings about the use of uninitialized variables. > > Can we please agree to remove the recommendation/requirement to declare > variables at the start of a block of code?
+1 yes please
