Bug #62190 for Deep-Encode: Encode.xs fails to build on older C compilers

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Writing Makefile for Deep::Encode
cp lib/Deep/Encode.pm blib/lib/Deep/Encode.pm
/usr/local/bin/perl /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/ExtUtils/typemap  Encode.xs > Encode.xsc && mv Encode.xsc Encode.c
cc -c  -I.  -DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -O    -DVERSION=\"0.12\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"0.12\" -DPIC -fPIC "-I/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/i386-freebsd/CORE"   Encode.c
Encode.xs: In function `_is_utf8':
Encode.xs:60: syntax error before `first'
Encode.xs:68: `first' undeclared (first use in this function)
Encode.xs:68: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
Encode.xs:68: for each function it appears in.)
*** Error code 1

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  GRIAN/Deep-Encode-0.12.tar.gz
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Running make test
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This is because 'first' in the function '_is_utf8' is declared in the middle of code, not at the beginning of the function, a patch simialr to this fixes it:

--- Encode.xs.orig      Sat Oct 16 04:30:27 2010
+++ Encode.xs   Sat Oct 16 04:30:08 2010
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 bool
 _is_utf8( U8 * start, U8 *end ){
     STRLEN ucnt;
+    U8 first;
     ucnt = -1;
 
     START:
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
 
     ENC:
     ucnt = 0;
-    U8 first = *start;
+    first = *start;
     start++;
     while( start < end && (*start & 0xC0) == 0x80 ) ucnt++, start++;