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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 10:29:12 -0800
From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Why isn't __progname declared in a header?
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On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 05:09:10PM +0000, Mark Murray wrote:
> > > 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?
> 
> 2) To coerce stronger type-checking in its implementation and external
>    usage.

Are you waning other consumers to include this file also?
If so, we should put it in a more central location.

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