On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 03:19 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 03:43:39AM +0200, ricknu-0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > * Most likly a _really_ stupid newbie question, but I have seen several of this
> > form:
> > <function>
> > {
> > <variable> a;
> > <doing something useful (no sign of 'a')>
> > a = <some value/variable>;
> > <exit>
> > }
> > How is this variable useful?
>
> Explain, please. If you mean moving the declaration down - it's not
> idiomatic in C and frankly, C++ style tends to make declarations harder
> to find when you read the code.
Judging by that pseudocode, I would guess that he means the function
never uses the value of a after assigning to it. That would generally
represent a bug.
- Josh Triplett
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