linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] Makefile: Yes. Finally remove '-Wdeclaration-after-statement'

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Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 08:56:22 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Ingo Molnar' <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Michael Witten <mfwitten@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        "Johannes Weiner" <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Levon <john.levon@...ent.com>,
        "John Levon" <levon@...ementarian.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] Makefile: Yes. Finally remove
 '-Wdeclaration-after-statement'

> I'm a big fan of -Wdeclaration-after-statement and I think C++ style
> mixed variables/statements code has several disadvantages:

Agreed.
Personally I think declarations should either be either right
at the top of a function or in a very small code block.

Otherwise they are annoying to find.

You also get very hard to spot bugs unless -Wshadow
is enabled (I can't remember if the linux kernel has
it enabled).

C++ (sort of) has to allow definitions in the middle
of code blocks because it doesn't allow uninitialised
variables - so definitions are best delayed until the
copy-constructor can be used.

	David

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