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mbsalign.c old c compiler complains about variables defined inside code

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Suhan Andrei <sandi_ro <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 7099-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7099: mbsalign.c old c compiler complains about variables
	defined inside code
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:32:42 +0100

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On 24/09/10 22:38, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 24/09/10 21:15, Suhan Andrei wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Just wanted to let you know there are some errors when using old compiler 
>> (
>> gcc -v
>> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
>> gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
>> )
>>
>>
>> Tere are 2 variables defined inside blocks of code that triggers old c compiler 
>> to spill errors.
>> I used code from coreutils-8.5.tar.gz 
>> I moved declaration at the start of code and all compiled ok.
> 
> Eep, I'll fix that up, as we want to keep stuff under gl/
> C89 conformant, as it may be moved to gnulib at some stage.

I'll push the attached soon.

cheers,
Pádraig.

[mbsalign-c89.diff (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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