Date: 23 Jul 2001 04:46:22 +0200 From: Assar Westerlund <assar@FreeBSD.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libutil ecalloc.c emalloc.3 emalloc.c erealloc.c estrdup.c Makefile libutil.h Message-ID: <5litgk9xc1.fsf@assaris.sics.se> In-Reply-To: Garance A Drosihn's message of "Sun, 22 Jul 2001 22:27:10 -0400" References: <200107230137.f6N1bfg13122@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <p0510101fb78134160082@[128.113.24.47]>
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Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> writes: > I pick up freebsd's code for lpr and recompile it on a number of > other platforms. In that context I do find that the addition of > all these "little routines" as "standard system routines" gets a > little frustrating when porting things. So let's build a portable library of that stuff that can be used when porting code. See also lukemftp or portabel openssh. > If we were going to add these, then perhaps it should be by adding > a 'x' at the end of the name, instead of an 'e' at the start. Since neither of these prefixes is reserved in any way I think we should go for the clearer of the two, which I think is `e'. > The message that you posted to -audit just said "Any comments?" > along with the patch. I assumed that meant that the IDEA of adding > these routines had been discussed somewhere else, and that you were > just looking for someone to AUDIT the specific code you had written > to do it. Sorry for not being clear. I just wanted to be complete and include the patches when discussing this. /assar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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