Re: string.h uses restrict

[Jim Meyering]

Reuben Thomas wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Reuben Thomas wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Reuben Thomas wrote:
>>
>>> Would you like to suggest what I should do next to my patch?
>>
>> Not having had a reply, I've come up with my own answer: start with
>> a little bit of merging.
>>
>> What I've done so far is to add the macros _prohibit_regexp and
>> _header_without_use to gnulib's maint.mk, redefine them to use
>> C_SOURCES rather than VC_LIST_EXCEPT, and, for already existing
>> rules in gnulib's maint.mk that use these macros, copy the
>> definitions over from coreutils's maint.mk.
>>
>> I attach the patch.
>>
>> This should change no functionality, but just imports some of the
>> coreutils's maint.mk's refactoring.
>>
>> If this seems reasonable, I propose to continue to make a number of
>> small steps like this to reduce the size of the diff between the two
>> maint.mk files, even if I don't end up with a complete merge.
>
> This time I really attach the patch. Sorry.

I'll take your word that it doesn't change anything.
Someone who uses it may want to try it or give it a closer look.