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Date:      Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:09:10 +0000
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why isn't __progname declared in a header? 
Message-ID:  <200203241709.g2OH9AXl056805@grimreaper.grondar.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020324084941.B26339@dragon.nuxi.com> ; from "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>  "Sun, 24 Mar 2002 08:49:41 PST."
References:  <20020324084941.B26339@dragon.nuxi.com> 

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> > Hmm. It is implemented in csu/*/crt[01].c, so how about
> > csu/common/_progname.h?
> 
> Why create a header for just one line that is easy to duplicate in the
> only 4 places it is used?

1) To prevent it from diverging in the (currently only) 4 architectures
   that we have.

2) To coerce stronger type-checking in its implementation and external
   usage.

M
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