On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 4:38 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: mention "static" and "extern"
> [...]
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> @@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ For C programs:
> + - Variables and functions local to a given source file should be marked
> + with "static". Variables that are visible to other source files
> + must be declared with "extern" in header files. However, function
> + declarations should not use "extern", as that is already the default.
Perhaps:
... as that is already the default, unless declarations in the
header are already "extern", in which case consistency
may favor mirroring existing usage.
or something.
