The problem is not that it is initialized to a non-NULL value. If we were to detect multiple declarations in a line. we would search for a comma (separator), right? In the case I mentioned, the comma inside the function has to be avoided by the rule. On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 at 15:57, Erik Skultety <eskultet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 10:35:25AM +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 12:42:43AM +0530, Sukrit Bhatnagar wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 at 16:24, Erik Skultety <eskultet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 02:30:08PM +0530, Sukrit Bhatnagar wrote: > > > > > Add rule to ensure that each variable declaration made using > > > > > a cleanup macro is in its own separate line. > > > > > > > > > > Sometimes a variable might be initialized from a value returned > > > > > by a macro or a function, which may take on more than one > > > > > parameter, thereby introducing a comma, which might be mistaken > > > > > for multiple declarations in a line. This rule takes care of > > > > > that too. > > > > > > > > I can't think of an example or I'm just not seeing it, can you please give me > > > > an example where you actually need the rule below? Because right now I don't > > > > see a need for it. > > > > > > In src/util/virfile.c in virFileAbsPath function: > > > ... > > > VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) buf = getcwd(NULL, 0); > > > ... > > > > I don't see anything wrong with it, it is properly initialized to some > > value, it doesn't have to be only NULL. > > > > Pavel > > Agreed, > > Erik > > -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list