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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-02-27 18:33:53 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-02-27 18:33:53 (GMT) |
| commit | 2b0f6b1c187742ec6719478a01885ad902456f84 (patch) | |
| tree | 027e967241308d54854408b9780e20a3c1afca91 /Documentation | |
| parent | 2ac76d8d9dccaaecf3c01845d0f7c1808c75722b (diff) | |
| parent | 89a9f2c862db52d99e4dd78e799f4b36dac597ac (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'jk/doc-do-not-write-extern'
Devdoc update.
* jk/doc-do-not-write-extern:
CodingGuidelines: mention "static" and "extern"
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index c4cb5ff..48aa4ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ For C programs: - Use Git's gettext wrappers to make the user interface translatable. See "Marking strings for translation" in po/README. + - Variables and functions local to a given source file should be marked + with "static". Variables that are visible to other source files + must be declared with "extern" in header files. However, function + declarations should not use "extern", as that is already the default. + For Perl programs: - Most of the C guidelines above apply. |