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stf92 08-17-2011 10:30 PM
Local variables in GNU C.
 
Code:
int some_function
{
int var1;

var1=1;
return(var1);
}

int some_function
int var1;

{
var1=1;
return(var1);
}
These two examples show a local variable defined, in the 1st one, as usual. But I've seen functions written as in the second example. What is the difference?

paulsm4 08-17-2011 11:31 PM
The second is anachronistic. Don't use it - *only* use the first version (variables declared *after* the block begins), and *only* use function prototypes (parameter names and types declared within "(...)", the function signature).

stf92 08-18-2011 03:04 AM
Thank you very much for the info. Good bye.

paulsm4 08-18-2011 12:27 PM
You're welcome.

If you want more info about "K&R-style function definition", here are two useful links:

* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-this-c-syntax

* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...nition-problem

The syntax was actually obsolete by the mid-1980's, and formally deprecated in the C89 standard.

'Hope that helps .. PSM


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