[bug-grep] Re: Changes to grep/ChangeLog

[Julian Foad]

Stepan Kasal wrote:
> Index: grep/ChangeLog
> diff -u grep/ChangeLog:1.210 grep/ChangeLog:1.211
> --- grep/ChangeLog:1.210        Thu Dec 16 07:18:15 2004
> +++ grep/ChangeLog      Thu Dec 16 08:19:29 2004
> @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
> +2004-12-16  Stepan Kasal  <address@hidden>
> +
> +       Cosmetic changes, mostly imported from gawk:
> +
> +       * src/dfa.c (lexstart): Removed unused variable.
> +       (parse_bracket_exp_mb): Don't initialize different pointers in one
> +         assignment
> +       (lex): Don't initialize automatic arrays, it's invalid in pre-C89
> +         compilers.

I think the description of and reason for this change are actually closer to:

"Don't use non-constant array initialisers, as they are invalid in C89."

- Julian