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Re: glibc 2.1.2pre3
- To: minyard@acm.org
- Subject: Re: glibc 2.1.2pre3
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 14:22:11 +1000
- CC: Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com, drepper@cygnus.com, libc-alpha@sourceware.cygnus.com, x-linux-gcc@vger.rutgers.edu
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> From: minyard@acm.org
> Cc: Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>, drepper@cygnus.com,
> libc-alpha@sourceware.cygnus.com, x-linux-gcc@vger.rutgers.edu
> Reply-To: minyard@acm.org
> Date: 06 Sep 1999 22:33:10 -0400
>
> 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.
Tell them not to do that, just like they shouldn't declare a function
select().
--
Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>