Re: variable declaration

[Philippe C . D . Robert]

On Monday, October 21, 2002, at 04:12  Uhr, Nicola Pero wrote:
> > First let me say that I think this 'feature' is a step backwards, but
> > now it is here and ppl will use it (esp. those working on MOSX), so I
> > think we should have an official statement from the GNUstep 
> > maintainers
> > in this respect which clearly defines the way to go...
>
> I think Adam already stated that :-)

Not really, he said:

"If you mean the guideline for GNUstep code, I'd rather not use it. 
Call me backward, but I still use a 2.95 compiler on a few of my 
systems :-)"

So this means there is a suggestion not to use the feature, but no real 
guideline.

> You can do what you want in your code.  It's a matter of coding 
> standards
> after all, and you are master of your code. :-)

Yes, of course you are right, but it will lead to confusion, I am 
pretty sure...:-)

> But the GNUstep core libraries should compile with 2.x compilers as 
> well
> (there are people with 2.x compilers still around ... I do), so they
> should stick to a syntax that both 2.x and 3.x compilers accept. :-)

So we have to face this. Why then not mention this issue somewhere on a 
GNUstep web page (FAQ)? This belongs into the same category as 
questions like "can I use Apple's ObjC runtime w/ GNUstep" and so on, I 
guess...

-Phil
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