Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.7 does not compile (jfs errors)

[Leon Woestenberg]

Hello,

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 08:39, Perlbroker wrote:
> > > fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:389: `temp_table' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > This was reported in another thread by Tomas Szepe.  I don't know why
> > this sometimes compiles cleanly, but this patch should fix it:
> Because newer gcc allows declarations of variables between statements, while
> older doesn't?
Yep, the C99 edition of the C standard allows this.

I do not know when GCC started to support this particular C99 'feature' 
but we may see it popping op more often when "newer gcc"-only developers
commit.

Regards,

Leon.
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