Re: Issues with progname

[Paul Eggert]

On 03/18/2016 10:10 AM, Pino Toscano wrote:
> I fully agree with your (1) and (3), as they match what I also proposed
> earlier.
>
> Regarding (2), I'm not sure that a getprogname()-like interface could
> work with the existing progname.  I'd put that as second step for now,
> and if it turns out to not work then progname could be marked as
> deprecated.

If we delay (2), wouldn't that break programs that use both progname and 
a Gnulib module that uses getprogname?  There would be two independent 
setters and getters of program names, and information wouldn't be 
communicated between the two.