Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 15:18:51 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc Message-ID: <3893D7CB.46554B6F@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001281637390.41451-100000@green.dyndns.org> <3892AB60.85F0B786@jonny.eng.br> <20000129150358.Q31717@jade.chc-chimes.com> <200001292036.PAA35163@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20000129135134.C70968@dragon.nuxi.com> <200001292230.RAA35707@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman wrote:
>
> You quote precisely the section which proves my point.
>
> > Section 4.13.7 General Utilities <stdlib.h>
>
> > Function names that begin with {\bf str} and a lowercase letter
> > (followed by any combination of digits, letters, and underscore) may
> > be added to the declarations in the <stdlib.h> header.
>
> Nowhere in this paragraph does it say ``by ANSI/ISO''. These are
^^^^^^^
> identifiers which are prohibited to *users*, not to The
> Implementation. (This should be obvious: the only way a new such
> identifier would be added to the standard is if it first appears in some
> implementation.)
Nowhere? See:
> Section 4.13 Future Library Directions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> The following names are grouped under individual headers for
> convenience. All external names described below are reserved no
> matter what headers are included by the system.
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