c99/c++ localised variable definition

[linimon at lonesome.com (Mark Linimon)]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Paul Richards wrote:

> This is likely to he highly controversial, since generally change
> tends to be in this project.

In my experience this usually depends on exactly how the changes
are proposed, the track record of the proposer, and whether patches
are supplied.

mcl