Re: dummy: fix for Solaris compiler

[James Youngman]

On 3/11/07, Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
[...]
> + #ifdef __sun
> + /* This declaration ensures that the library will export at least 1 symbol.  
> */
> + int dummy;
> + #else
[...]

Could we maybe pick an external symbol name that's less likely to
clash?  I don't mind gnulib defining external symbols all the time,
but defining a symbol named as generically as "dummy" on only one
platform makes me worry that it'll conflict in some program, leading
to build failures for just the affected platform.

So can I suggest we define dummy unconditionally, or rename it to
(say) gnulib_dummy_symbol?

James