[Bug libc/188] st_atime define

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------- Additional Comments From redhat-bug at treblig dot org  2004-05-29 19:08 -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> Identifier starting with st_ are reserved for any use after including 
> <sys/stat.h>.  See POSIX.1-2001 System Interfaces, 2.2.2 The Name Space. 

I've just had a look at that and am not sure that is true - but I'm not a
standards expert - but please consider the following.  There are two tables;

The first table is immediately prefixed by some text that says 'Implementations
may add symbols to the headers shown in the following table....' and indeed that
includes st_ as a prefix for sys/stat.h

The second table is immediately prefixed by 'If any header in the following
table is included, macros with the prefixes shown may be defined......'; this
second table just defines S_ as a prefix for macros for sys/stat.h

So I'm not sure from my reading of it that adding a macro to define something
st_ is a valid thing to do in that header, and thus while I'm not safe adding a
variable/function with an st_ name to my own source, I should be able to have it
as a structure member.

Dave

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