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Re: Uninitalized Face data


From: Just van Rossum
Subject: Re: Uninitalized Face data
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:38:24 +0100

At 3:53 PM +0000 24-02-2000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>>      This schema would be easier to understand if struct
>> TT_Instance_ was called _TT_Instance.  The location of the
>> underscore is important as it's semantic is documented: underscored
>> symbols and type names are private and shall never be directly
>> referenced by library users (K&R, ANSI C).
>
>Hmm, we had this first, but for a reason I no longer know we have been
>advised (about two years ago) *not* to start with an underscore.

CVS reveals the secret, freetype.h, rev. 1.39:

"All _[A-Z].* identifiers changed to [A-Z].*_ for ANSI conformity."

Strange...

Just





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