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Re: __* in installed headers
- To: roland@frob.com
- Subject: Re: __* in installed headers
- From: Mark Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:06:33 +0200 (CEST)
- CC: drepper@cygnus.com, libc-hacker@cygnus.com
- References: <199808100801.EAA09951@baalperazim.frob.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 04:01:03 -0400
From: Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>
The whole point is not about the problems we can imagine, but limiting the
kinds of problems we will never imagine but will still be possible.
I tend to agree with Roland.
We should put a warning in the documentation about the __-prefixed
names being for internal use only. Probably something in the FAQ
too. People who do not read the documentation deserve to get
punished. I'm not really afraid that a lot of people will actually
use the __-prefixed names.
Mark