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Date:      Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:20:14 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.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:  <20030430002014.GA1190@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzp65oxrn3e.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
References:  <200304292113.h3TLDoGF072965@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzp65oxrn3e.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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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.
Being able to replace the use of a libc function for *all* running of a
program is a very useful thing.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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