small proposed style change

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


Index: share/misc/style
===================================================================
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
[email protected]