[U-Boot] use of C99

Scott Wood scottwood at freescale.com
Thu Apr 9 01:09:59 CEST 2009


Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Timur Tabi,
> 
> In message <49DD290A.9010306 at freescale.com> you wrote:
>> It's like complaining to someone who has a car that you only have a
>> bicycle and you have to commute 20 miles to get to work.  The person who
>> has a car is obviously going to tell you that your life will be easier
>> if you get a car also.
> 
> The person with the bicycle might ask you  why  you  require  him  to
> contribute  to air pollution and climate changes and all these things
> when you could as well put the target he has to reach just 200 meters
> from his home. Not everything that can be done is a good thing to do.

Indeed, having the variable declaration close by to where it's used 
*does* make things easier. :-)

-Scott


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