C variable declarations after function heading in definition

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When reading some FreeBSD source code (See: radix.h lines 158-173), I found variable declarations that followed the "function heading" in the definition.

Is this valid in ISO C (C99)? when should this be done in production code instead of just declaring the variables within the "function heading?" Why is it being done here?

I refer to the function heading the string that looks like this: int someFunction(int i, int b) {

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