Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:38:57 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Tor.Egge@fast.no, eischen@vigrid.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: installworld gotchas Message-ID: <200102120438.f1C4cvU45235@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102121509160.2928-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans wrote: > On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Peter Wemm wrote: > > > I cant help but wonder why on earth we didn't have it like this from the > > start: > > > > Index: include/stdio.h > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/include/stdio.h,v > > retrieving revision 1.26 > > diff -u -r1.26 stdio.h > > --- include/stdio.h 2001/02/11 22:04:18 1.26 > > +++ include/stdio.h 2001/02/12 01:27:16 > > @@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ > > > > __BEGIN_DECLS > > extern FILE __sF[]; > > +extern FILE *__stdin; > > +extern FILE *__stdout; > > +extern FILE *__stderr; > > __END_DECLS > > Once upon a time, people counted every instruction in getchar(), etc., > and programmed it carefully to unnecessary indirections, not to mention > function calls and locks. And, because it breaks global declarations like this: FILE *buffer = stdout; /* default buffer file is stdout */ I have fixed this to avoid the indirection, and am doing a buildworld to check it. It should be the same speed as before, but is still immune to the FILE size changes. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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