Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 20:09:44 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: `Hiding' libc symbols Message-ID: <20030501160944.GC55078@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20030501160119.GB35367@madman.celabo.org> References: <20030430153645.GL39658@survey.codeburst.net> <20030430164135.GB26508@madman.celabo.org> <20030501140255.GB1869@survey.codeburst.net> <20030501143032.GA34163@madman.celabo.org> <20030501144600.GC1869@survey.codeburst.net> <20030501145345.GA34884@madman.celabo.org> <20030501151458.GA54182@nagual.pp.ru> <20030501152251.GB34992@madman.celabo.org> <20030501155342.GA55078@nagual.pp.ru> <20030501160119.GB35367@madman.celabo.org>
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On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 11:01:19 -0500, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > No, you are mistaken. > > namespace.h > > 39 /* > 40 * ISO C (C90) section. Most names in libc aren't in ISO C, so they > 41 * should be here. Most aren't here... > 42 */ > 43 #define err _err > 44 #define warn _warn > 45 #define nsdispatch _nsdispatch > 46 #define strlcat _strlcat > 47 #define strlcpy _strlcpy > > The comment dates back to 2001. And you are mistaken to add str* functions here. While the comment is true for err, warn etc. it is not true for standard-reserved str* prefix. > That is your opinion, and one I do not share. I did not make the > commit for no purpose. I understand your purpose, but point that 1) this way not works when multiply libraries linked and 2) it provokes str* standard reserved prefix incorrectly taken by applications.
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