Reminder of no inline variable declarations

git-svn-id: https://nagiosplug.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/trunk@1400 f882894a-f735-0410-b71e-b25c423dba1c

diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
index 1861e956d329523d174fd851565ea91542d3c641..6d5c813c166d5a15ac1a31e23ee8629c36ea6e0c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
+++ b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
@@ -643,9 +643,16 @@ setup the tests. Run "make test" to run all the tests.
 <section id="CodingGuidelines"><title>Coding guidelines</title>
        <para>See <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html">GNU
        Coding standards</ulink> for general guidelines.</para>
-       <section><title>Comments</title>
+       <section><title>C coding</title>
+       
+       <para>Variables should be declared at the beginning of code blocks and 
+       not inline because of portability with older compilers.</para>
+
        <para>You should use /* */ for comments and not // as some compilers
        do not handle the latter form.</para>
+       </section>
+
+       <section><title>Crediting sources</title>
        <para>If you have copied a routine from another source, make sure the licence
        from your source allows this. Add a comment referencing the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
        file, where you can put more detail about the source.</para>