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Re: 31-fyi-m4-symbol-lookup-t.patch
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Gary V. Vaughan |
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Re: 31-fyi-m4-symbol-lookup-t.patch |
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Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:15:44 +0100 |
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:16:04AM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> Otherwise I have conflicts with the names I'm introducing, and it
> makes my life harder.
>
> Index: ChangeLog
> from Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
>
> * m4/m4module.h (m4_symbol_lookup): Rename as...
> (m4_symbol_lookup_t): this.
/^.*_t$/ namespace is reserved by POSIX for libc symbols.
But GNU M4 already violates this rule in a few places so don't sweat.
I normally capitalise type names to avoid this, but I'm not sure this
fits in with the GNU coding style.
Cheers,
Gary.
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