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Re: [PATCH 8/9] posix: Use enum for __glob_pattern_type result


From: Adhemerval Zanella
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] posix: Use enum for __glob_pattern_type result
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:54:23 -0300
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On 06/09/2017 13:18, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>> My understanding was double underscore identifiers are reserved for 
>> implementation
>> (C99 7.1.3 Reserved identifiers).
> 
> Yes, and that's the point. When this code is used as part of Gnulib, it is 
> used within an application, so any identifiers it uses that start with __ 
> might collide with the implementation, which means it's safer to avoid them 
> when it's easy, as is the case here.

Right, I got your point.



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