Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (Alan Cox) | | Subject | Re: OFFTOPIC: e2fsprogs and +2Gb partitions | | Date | Sat, 13 Jun 1998 18:32:58 +0100 (BST) | |
> Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> writes:
>
> > One thing I would wish for a _LINUX_SOURCE would be the definition of
> > the "linux standard" __u{64,32,16,8} / u{64,32,16,8} /
> > s{64,32,16,8} / __s{64,32,16,8} typedefs.
>
> Did you ever thought about namespace problems? These names are one of
> the reasons many programs contain #ifdef linux or exist in Linux
> variants.
Thats why _LINUX_SOURCE is clearly needed for such a case. The namespace
issues are not trivial.
> A very easy solution to this problem is to have in the application
> code a header which defines these types. Not including these types is
> again the only mean to make sure these incompatible types are not
> generally used.
Every application ?
Alan
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