> [btw: can someone explain me why in linux kernel I can't declare var
> inside of the proc, but instead it has to be at beginning of it. I think
> in 'normal' c programs you can do that]
Because you've been writing your 'normal' C programs with a C++ compiler.
In ANSI C, variable declarations must preceed all other statements inside
a given scope. Further, variable initialization is limited to simple
assignments.
This is one of the few features of C++ that would apply well to the
kernel, I think - there are numerous multiple-page functions that could be
clarified by local declarations. The kernel already heavily relies on
inline functions, which are standard in C++ but not in C.
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