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Re: Bash-4.2-rc2 available for FTP


From: Mike Frysinger
Subject: Re: Bash-4.2-rc2 available for FTP
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 13:03:08 -0500
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On Wednesday, February 02, 2011 21:49:38 Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 2/2/11 6:27 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > - lib/glob/smatch.c needs externs.h for mbsmbchar.  seems like externs.h
> > could do with including bashtypes.h/command.h/general.h too since it
> > needs basic types from all of those.
> 
> Or an extern declaration for mbsmbchar, to avoid having to include other
> files.

that defeats the whole point of having a single extern line.  changing the 
header and matching func definition wouldnt automatically catch random externs 
sprinkled over the tree and could result in an arbitrarily crashing binary 
that showed no build errors or warnings.
-mike

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