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Re: MS_types and addr_t name polution
- From: Michael Eager <eager at mvista dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:22:20 -0800
- Subject: Re: MS_types and addr_t name polution
- Organization: MontaVista Software, Inc.
- References: <20021212072201.389F83BDA@sitemail.everyone.net>
Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The addr_t type is used in memory managment (memory addresses??) in /usr/include/sys/mman.h. If you plan on using this (or is already on the code, mman.h i mean) you may have problems. What is the type of your addr_t? is it type char of * (pointer)?
Actually, mman.h uses caddr_t, not addr_t, at least in the cygwin 1.3.15
system I have installed. Nothing in /usr/include appears to use addr_t.
My typedef of addr_t is for 64-bit int.
> If the code is open source you can just change the addr_t typedef name (in your source) to something else eg. addr2_t in all of your source files (a simple search and replace).
Yes, I renamed all references to addr_t to a different name.
It's just a nuisance and appears to be unnecessary name polution.
>
> Elfyn
> elfyn@exposure.org.uk
>
> --- Michael Eager <eager@mvista.com> wrote:
> >I'm porting a small program to Cygwin. One of the typedefs
> >in the program is for a symbol named addr_t. Since this is
> >defined in /usr/include/sys/types.h, there is a redefinition
> >conflict.
> >
> >This (and a number of other symbols) are defined when __MS_types_
> >is defined, which, in turn, is defined whenever __CYGWIN__, _WIN32
> >or __MSDOS__ is defined.
> >
> >I don't see any use of addr_t in /usr/include. Is there a reason
> >for defining addr_t and the other symbols?
> >
> >
> >--
> >Michael Eager eager@mvista.com 408-328-8426
> >MontaVista Software, Inc. 1237 E. Arques Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085
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