On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 04:20:09PM -0400, Julia Lawall wrote: > Does one prefer an initialization of null at the top of the function > or an initialization to a meaningful value in the middle of the > function? I prefer at the top, but it will be interesting to see where the consensus is. Kent Overstreet has said we should move away from declarations at the top generally. I don't know if anyone else agrees with him though. regards, dan carpenter