On Fri, 01 May 2009 01:30:26 -0700 Julian Elischer <jul...@elischer.org> wrote:
> Christoph Mallon wrote: > >> > >> since really you'd want to write: > >> > >> struct foo *fp = get_foo(); > >> if (!fp) return; > >> struct bar *bp = fp->bp; > >> > >> which isn't legal in 'C'. However, we have enough where this isn't > > > > You're mistaken, this is perfectly legal C. See ISO/IEC 9899:1999 > > (E) ยง6.8.2:1. In short: you can mix statements and declarations. > > now, but not all C compilers are C99 and a lot of FreeBSD code > is taken and run in other situations. There is FreeBSD code > in all sorts of environments, not all of which have new compilers. > Doesn't FreeBSD already use C99 features such as stdint and named initializers? I don't think sys/cam/scsi/scsi_ses.c would compile with a C89 compiler for example. -- Bruce Cran _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
