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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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<<On Sun, 29 Jun 1997 20:32:01 +0930 (CST), Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> said:

>> `err' was not misused by the library before, but ISTR that other [v]err*
>> or [v]warn* functions are misused.

> Should we then adopt the NetBSD convention and make the err family
> safely accessible to other library functions?

Library functions, other than err(3), should never call any of the
err(3) functions which exit (despite the hooks I added to let consumers
capture the exit attempt).  Most library functions should refrain from
generating output on stderr as well (despite the hooks I added to let
consumers redirect the output).

Having said that, a general namespace cleanup of the C library would
be a good thing.  I no longer have the personal inclination to worry
about it too much.  If you've ever wondered what sys/syscall-hide.h
was for....

-GAWollman

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