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Re: glibc 2.1.2pre3
- To: minyard@acm.org
- Subject: Re: glibc 2.1.2pre3
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
- Date: 07 Sep 1999 20:53:36 -0700
- Cc: Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>, Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>, libc-alpha@sourceware.cygnus.com, x-linux-gcc@vger.rutgers.edu
- References: <m34shnpla7.fsf@localhost.localnet> <4.2.0.58.19990827151722.00b85af0@mail.lauterbach.com> <199908280148.LAA00653@gluttony.geoffk.wattle.id.au> <99090523303400.01334@ns1102.munich.netsurf.de> <m2btbfcuxl.fsf@morse.concentric.net>
- Reply-To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)
minyard@acm.org writes:
> Well, what if someone named a variable data_start? Users are not
> supposed to name things with starting underscores, but data_start
> certainly might be used by the user. It seems there would be a
> problem because I thought that would override a weak symbol.
Not in the same program which needs to access this symbol.
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