Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: OFFTOPIC: e2fsprogs and +2Gb partitions | Date | Sat, 13 Jun 1998 18:32:58 +0100 (BST) |
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> 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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