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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:03:29 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.ORG>, Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: __RCSID() and __VERSION() macros and their ``static const char'' equivalents
Message-ID:  <20010813100329.C94831@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010813195826.A99201@sunbay.com>; from ru@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 07:58:26PM %2B0300
References:  <20010813165753.A74504@sunbay.com> <20010813174114.A26468@phantom.cris.net> <20010813094549.A94831@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010813195826.A99201@sunbay.com>

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On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 07:58:26PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > 
> > __RCSID() should be forgotten about.  It is a lost cause like using
> > "$Id$".  There is just too much imported and barrowed code that uses
> > __RCSID for us to try to use it also (I tried).  I have a few ideas on
> > the topic and let see if the small group of us discussing the issue can
> > flush something out.
> > 
> I can't see what's wrong with current implementation of __RCSID(),
> it definitely works.

There are problems with it.  Please don't turn this into a bikeshed.  The
small working group we've had on this is suffient to work out something.

> And the version using ``.ident'' produces more compact objects.
> Just check it!

I *realize* that.  Read what I said!  You wrote a sweaping
generalization.  I simply said it was.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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