On 28 May 2012 13:39, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agreed, people have been asked to declare variables at the beginning > of the scope. I don't understand why, C99 allows them to be declared > anywhere and it usually makes the code more readable IMO (you don't > have to jump to the definition to check a variable's type).
If the definition is that far away from the use it's probably a sign that your function is too large anyway and you should be looking for a smaller scope within which to declare the variable... > What's the problem with C99-style variable declarations anywhere in a > function? I think they look slightly uglier but that's purely a personal prejudice which I don't think I can justify imposing on anybody else :-) -- PMM
