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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 8afda28cfc..f9affc4050 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -232,18 +232,12 @@ For C programs: . since early 2021 with 765dc168882, we have been using variadic macros, mostly for printf-like trace and debug macros. - These used to be forbidden, but we have not heard any breakage - report, and they are assumed to be safe. + . since late 2021 with 44ba10d6, we have had variables declared in + the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)". - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block, before the first statement (i.e. -Wdeclaration-after-statement). - - Declaring a variable in the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)" - is still not allowed in this codebase. We are in the process of - allowing it by waiting to see that 44ba10d6 (revision: use C99 - declaration of variable in for() loop, 2021-11-14) does not get - complaints. Let's revisit this around November 2022. - - NULL pointers shall be written as NULL, not as 0. - When declaring pointers, the star sides with the variable |