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Re: Do we think the __need_* interface is a good idea?

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 03/03/2017 08:19 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
>>
>> Zack's bits/types/*.h is a better solution.  (For types from <stddef.h> I
>> think it would be reasonable still to use bits/types/*.h, with the headers
>> there serving to wrap the GCC header with __need_* defined.)
>
> Thanks. I've followed up with upstream linux kernel making a suggestion
> to match what we do in glibc as best practice.

FYI, I mean to be getting back to the bits/types/ conversions Real
Soon Now but there's a lot of other stuff on my plate at the moment.

zw
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