[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Section about mixed declarations

[Eduardo Habkost]

We had an unwritten rule about declarations having to be at beginning of
blocks. Make it a written rule.

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
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 CODING_STYLE | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE
index dcbce28..f6eb319 100644
--- a/CODING_STYLE
+++ b/CODING_STYLE
@@ -84,3 +84,10 @@ and clarity it comes on a line by itself:
 Rationale: a consistent (except for functions...) bracing style reduces
 ambiguity and avoids needless churn when lines are added or removed.
 Furthermore, it is the QEMU coding style.
+
+5. Declarations
+
+Mixed declarations (interleaving statements and declarations within blocks) are
+not allowed; declarations should be at beginning of blocks.  In other words,
+the code should not generate warnings if using GCC's
+-Wdeclaration-after-statement option.
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