small proposed style change

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The style rules should not be suggesting things that no longer
constitute good practices, if they ever did. Any objections?


Index: share/misc/style
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RCS file: /cvsroot/src/share/misc/style,v
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -u -r1.49 style
--- share/misc/style    1 Sep 2011 09:33:01 -0000       1.49
+++ share/misc/style    19 Feb 2012 22:23:37 -0000
@@ -331,13 +331,11 @@
        /*
         * When declaring variables in functions declare them sorted by size,
         * then in alphabetical order; multiple ones per line are okay.
-        * Function prototypes should go in the include file "extern.h".
-        * If a line overflows reuse the type keyword.
+        * Function prototypes and external data declarations should go in a
+        * suitable include file. If a line overflows reuse the type keyword.
         *
         * DO NOT initialize variables in the declarations.
         */
-       extern u_char one;
-       extern char two;
        struct foo three, *four;
        double five;
        int *six, seven;



-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost