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Re: Why __getline and not just getline?

From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen at redhat dot com>
To: newlib at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:01:36 +0200
Subject: Re: Why __getline and not just getline?
References: <20050707103214.GG9051@calimero.vinschen.de> <SERRANORrnu2CCbJz9K0000041f@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
Reply-to: newlib at sources dot redhat dot com

On Jul  7 11:46, Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Corinna Vinschen
> >Sent: 07 July 2005 11:32
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > can anybody tell me why the getline and getdelim functions are
> > double-underscored (__getline, __getdelim) and not just exported
> > as getline and getdelim as in glibc?  Would it hurt to change this?
> > 
> > 
> > Corinna
> 
> 
>   Perhaps they should be exported under the names fgetline and fgetdelim,
> since they fit with the other f-* functions in stdio?

I'd prefer API compatibility with glibc.


Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Project Co-Leader
Red Hat, Inc.

References:
- Why __getline and not just getline?
  - From: Corinna Vinschen
- RE: Why __getline and not just getline?
  - From: Dave Korn

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