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Re: use_extended_names()'s return type
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: use_extended_names()'s return type |
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Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:28:34 -0400 |
On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 11:52:49AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Quoting my working copy (released language is synonymous):
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> int use_extended_names(bool bf);
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> use_extended_names returns the previous state of extended
> capability name recognition, allowing you to save this property and
> restore it.
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> So why not return a `bool` instead of an `int`?
A little late, but it's been "int" for more than 20 years
990301 pre-release
+ add use_extended_names() function to allow applications to suppress
read of the extended capabilities.
Changing that would change the ABI - the sizes are different, and the
compiler people have made the behavior of bool incompatible with int's.
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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
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