[U-Boot] use of C99

Pink Boy
2009-04-09T01:53:17Z

Premi, Sanjeev sez,

> I was referring to declaring variable within #ifdefs with
> belief that
> use will be contained.
>
> e.g.
> #ifdef CONFIG_COOL_FEATURE
> int i;
> int* ptr ;
> ...
> ...
> #endif
>
> ...
> ... 2 screenful down; in same function...
> ...
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_HOT_FEATURE
> u32 i;
> void* ptr;
> ...
> ...
> #endif
>
> Maybe for sometime the usage seems contained. Until someone
> decides to have both the COOL and HOT feature.

Pops out of hole, looks at shadow, 6 more weeks till we ship...

Um... my feeling is that if one is going to declare a variable
inside a #ifdef then that variable ought to be called something
like

int indx_CONFIG_COOL_FEATURE

and

u32 indx_CONFIG_HOT_FEATURE

Matt Harper
Tehama Wireless