From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Scott Wood Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:09:59 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] use of C99 In-Reply-To: <20090408225946.5D2368560EFA@gemini.denx.de> References: <4A0B9AAA-4714-4C27-84A7-22FCE4D91DDA@freescale.com> <20090408192832.8D48F8560EFB@gemini.denx.de> <49DCFF1D.6080006@ge.com> <20090408213412.4754B8560EFB@gemini.denx.de> <49DD196F.20204@freescale.com> <49DD290A.9010306@freescale.com> <20090408225946.5D2368560EFA@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <49DD2EC7.2070502@freescale.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Timur Tabi, > > In message <49DD290A.9010306@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