On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 18:14:06 -0500 Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. I would prefer not mirroring existing usage in this case - I think it's better if the code becomes eventually consistent in not using extern.
