Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:40:34 +0900 From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net getproto.c getprotoent.c getprotoname.c netdb_private.h Message-ID: <yger7h6zhal.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0504191523340.6115-100000@sea.ntplx.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0504191516330.6115-100000@sea.ntplx.net> <Pine.GSO.4.43.0504191523340.6115-100000@sea.ntplx.net>
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Hi,
>>>>> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:25:12 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>> Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> said:
deischen> Nevermind. I just saw the #defines in netdb_private.h. Is there
deischen> a reason why these are all #defined instead of just being declared
deischen> as __foo()?
I don't intend to expose *_r(). However many OSs provide *_r()
already, and someone may want to expose them.
The API was taken from AIX, HP and Digital. OpenBSD choose this API,
too.
Sincerely,
--
Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
ume@mahoroba.org ume@{,jp.}FreeBSD.org
http://www.imasy.org/~ume/
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