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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: grp.h
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:08:17 +73700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199701311807.FAA27476@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Feb 1, 97 05:07:11 am
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> >> >It also looks like pwd.h also declares the uid and gid as ints
> >> >instead of using the typedefs.
> >> 
> >> Similarly, except <pwd.h> already pollutes the namespace by including
> >> <sys/types.h>.
> 
> >See my pr for a numner of include fixes, this being one of them.
> 
> They pollute the namespace unacceptably (to me).  Otherwise I would
> have made some of them years ago.

Doesn't POSIX actually mandate "int" in some of the prototypes?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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