Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Oct 28, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@xxxxxx> writes: > >>@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, > >>const char *prefix) > >> { > >> int i, as_is = 0, verify = 0; > >> unsigned char sha1[20]; > >>+ char* real_name = 0; > > > >Pointer sign '*' in git sources go next to the name not the > >type, as: > > > > char *real_name = NULL; > > I know and I tried hard to follow this convention, although > I think its the wrong choice ;) Oh, hmm... char* a, b; What's the type of b? If you said "char*" you're wrong. Git's style of putting the * next to the name makes it far easier to spot these sort of typing problems. At least that's my take on it. -- Shawn. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html