Re: [bug-gnulib] same, utimecmp should depend on minmax

[Derek Price]

Paul Eggert wrote:

>Sorry, I wasn't clear enough.  The problem I'm worried about is older
>hosts where <sys/param.h> defines MIN, and where <sys/param.h> also
>collides with other random include files.  If minmax.h has the
><sys/param.h> stuff in it, it will be more likely to cause problems in
>files that include it but not <sys/param.h>.
>
>(Though perhaps this is an argument against the <sys/param.h> stuff
>entirely -- I don't know.)
>  
>

Isn't there some sense to assuming that if <limits.h> or <sys/param.h>
define MIN & MAX on a system, then including said header is the
"correct" way of getting the definition on one of these systems?

Regards,

Derek