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Date:      Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:14:57 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is it bad to use index() internally in libc?
Message-ID:  <20020608151212.W18399-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020608030034.GA21440@hades.hell.gr>

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On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:

> WARNS=5 is rather picky about our libc in CURRENT.  One of the
> warnings I can see is:
>
> 	/home/charon/a/freebsd/src/lib/libc/db/btree/bt_delete.c:
> 	  In function `__bt_stkacq':
> 	/home/charon/a/freebsd/src/lib/libc/db/btree/bt_delete.c:155:
> 	  warning: declaration of `index' shadows a global declaration
>
> Is it worth going through the file and changing `index' with something
> that does not conflict with index(3)?

`index' is a fine variable name.  This warning is really about traditional
namespace pollution in <string.h> stealing a fine variable name.

Bruce


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