make GCC complain about declarations not at the top of blocks
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 725250b..37c51cc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6264,6 +6264,8 @@
# tweak BASECFLAGS based on compiler and platform
case $GCC in
yes)
+ BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -Werror=declaration-after-statement"
+
# Python doesn't violate C99 aliasing rules, but older versions of
# GCC produce warnings for legal Python code. Enable
# -fno-strict-aliasing on versions of GCC that support but produce
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 03f9072..647de88 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1127,6 +1127,8 @@
# tweak BASECFLAGS based on compiler and platform
case $GCC in
yes)
+ BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -Werror=declaration-after-statement"
+
# Python doesn't violate C99 aliasing rules, but older versions of
# GCC produce warnings for legal Python code. Enable
# -fno-strict-aliasing on versions of GCC that support but produce