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From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
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To: eivind@yes.no, rivers@dignus.com
Subject: Re: DIAGNOSTICS and DEBUG LOGGING (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options)
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> 
> On Tue, Feb 10, 1998 at 10:59:38AM -0500, Thomas David Rivers wrote:
> >  One quick comment - ANSI C reserves names which begin with an 
> > underscore followed by a capital letter.  It's possible (albeit
> > unlikely) that a future C compiler would warn, or produce errors
> > for these.    Just an observation.
> 
> Isn't the point that these are in the implementation namespace and reserved
> for operating system use?

 Umm... I don't think it's for operating system's use; but for C library
use... a subtle difference; which is likely moot for implementing an
operating system (since you likely won't be using the C library.)

 However, some compilers complain about the definition of such macros.

 It's simply a pedantic issue - I wouldn't consider it too heavily in
any decisions.

> 
> That's why I used them, anyway.  Any better suggestions are welcome, of
> course.
> 
> Eivind.
> 

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