From 6453151425085f2f1ef9edd24a6941c9a0b49c67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Moffett <ian@osmora.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 23:02:32 -0400
Subject: share: contrib: Add note about local variables

Signed-off-by: Ian Moffett <ian@osmora.org>
---
 share/misc/contrib | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/share/misc/contrib b/share/misc/contrib
index 1560f37..a36c127 100644
--- a/share/misc/contrib
+++ b/share/misc/contrib
@@ -21,6 +21,22 @@ is_power_of_two(uint8_t n)
     return ((n & 0x01) == 0);
 }
 
+--
+When defining local variables in functions, they
+must be declared at the top:
+
+static void
+foo(void)
+{
+    uint8_t byte;
+    uint16_t pair;
+    uint32_t quad;
+    uint64_t oct;
+
+    ...
+}
+--
+
 When checking if an integer is 0 or not, *be explicit* unless it is a bool!
 Do not do this:
 
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