Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 22:07:53 +0200 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.org> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r252411 - head/sys/sys Message-ID: <51D09019.50101@coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJOYFBDB59tLCVT1P3sdcP%2Bj8U746MshD39nRizZd15xQ00vbw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201306300854.r5U8sfYS018720@svn.freebsd.org> <51D07C10.2000509@coosemans.org> <CAJOYFBDB59tLCVT1P3sdcP%2Bj8U746MshD39nRizZd15xQ00vbw@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2013-06-30 21:44, Ed Schouten wrote: > 2013/6/30 Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.org>: >> I don't think you can use static inline. Standard library functions need >> to have external linkage, which means you have to implement them in libc. > > First of all, I could be mistaken, so please correct me if I say > something wrong here. > > If my memory serves me right, this requirement is part of POSIX -- not > ISO C. As this is interface is not yet part of any version of POSIX > and at least I am not in the possession of a draft of POSIX that > specified these functions, I think it would be unwise to add this to > the C library. I think there is nothing that would forbid us to use > static inline functions. > > As C11 merely names these things "functions", I think using a static > inline function would currently be the wisest thing to do. To my > knowledge the current version of the code at least complies with the > standards at hand. The N1570 draft of C11 7.1.2 point 6 says: Any declaration of a library function shall have external linkage. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iF4EAREIAAYFAlHQkB4ACgkQfoCS2CCgtiseFgD+M8ngvKmavtxg8QbbugwqXLAy ZVgDDV6EKgY+aXkXKsEA/Rbn+iFHbLfqYbJo1yKFjxFf5scurerjxdzPmnIeDn6m =8jPs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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