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diff --git a/docs/devel/style.rst b/docs/devel/style.rst index 3cfcdeb9cd..2f68b50079 100644 --- a/docs/devel/style.rst +++ b/docs/devel/style.rst @@ -204,7 +204,14 @@ Declarations Mixed declarations (interleaving statements and declarations within blocks) are generally not allowed; declarations should be at the beginning -of blocks. +of blocks. To avoid accidental re-use it is permissible to declare +loop variables inside for loops: + +.. code-block:: c + + for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(thing); i++) { + /* do something loopy */ + } Every now and then, an exception is made for declarations inside a #ifdef or #ifndef block: if the code looks nicer, such declarations can |