Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:57:48 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen check_utility_compat.c confstr.c fmtmsg.c getgrent.c getpwent.c src/lib/libc/include namespace.h un-namespace.h src/lib/libc/locale setlocale.c src/lib/libc/net getaddrinfo.c gethostbydns.c getnameinfo.c hesiod.c ... Message-ID: <20030430015748.GA19911@madman.celabo.org> In-Reply-To: <20030430002014.GA1190@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200304292113.h3TLDoGF072965@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzp65oxrn3e.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030430002014.GA1190@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 05:20:14PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 11:49:09PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > > Log: > > > `Hide' strlcpy and strlcat (using the namespace.h / __weak_reference > > > technique) so that we don't wind up calling into an application's > > > version if the application defines them. > > > > We should probably do this for every libc function that is used within > > libc... > > No we shouldn't. If I understand you correctly, it prevents me from > linking in my own malloc()/free() and having the entire system use it. It just means that you'd have to name your implementations e.g. _malloc and _free, also. But still, I suppose you have a point ... there /may/ be some functions that /should not/ be `hidden'. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine . NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal nectar@celabo.org . jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@freebsd.org . nectar@kth.se
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