Re: gettext 0.10.40 compatibility problem with Solaris 8 + gcc + Bash

[Paul Jarc]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> From: Bruno Haible <address@hidden>
>>> #if __STDC__ || defined __GNUC__ || defined __SUNPRO_C || defined 
>>> __cplusplus || PROTOTYPES
>>
>> The problem with this is that 'PROTOTYPES' is an identifier in the
>> user's namespace....
>> Actually I must also protect the PARAMS macro.
>
> Ah.  I was confused by PARAMS into thinking that I was in the user's
> namespace.
>
> OK, how about appending '|| __PROTOTYPES' instead?  That won't stomp
> on the user's namespace.

Instead, it'll stomp on the C implementation's namespace.

Since C doesn't reserve any part of the namespace for third-party
library implementors, the least intrusive thing a library can do is to
take a well-defined chunk out of the user's namespace - i.e., use a
prefix like myproject_ for *all* externally-visible identifiers.


paul