Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:45:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        paul@originative.co.uk
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MAX_UID ?
Message-ID:  <200003130145.RAA51429@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <38CB322D.D12ED0B0@originative.co.uk>
References:  <38CAD957.3C839375@originative.co.uk> <200003120430.UAA49807@vashon.polstra.com> <38CB322D.D12ED0B0@originative.co.uk>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In article <38CB322D.D12ED0B0@originative.co.uk>,
Paul Richards  <paul@originative.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > They must not go into <limits.h>.  That header file is defined by
> > the ANSI/ISO C standard.  The standard doesn't permit polluting the
> > namespace with extra stuff.
> 
> Umm, ok. I don't think our limits.h actually has anything in it that
> meets the ANSI/ISO standard, every line is ifdef'd :-) Where would be a
> better place for constants like this?

Sheesh, criticism isn't enough?  Now it has to be constructive too? ;-)

I guess it could go into <machine/limits.h> in the
"!defined(_ANSI_SOURCE)" section.  Bruce might have a better idea.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200003130145.RAA51429>