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Re: [PATCH] Drop non-reserved parameter names from sys/signal.h

From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen at redhat dot com>
To: newlib at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:10:30 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drop non-reserved parameter names from sys/signal.h
References: <CAHWeT-Yx_3HWZzN7uWE99y5ugNqA2j5acCsUSEzO1+OMKgK_qg@mail.gmail.com>
Reply-to: newlib at sourceware dot org

On Aug 29 14:36, Andy Koppe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Standard headers shouldn't use non-reserved identifiers as parameter
> names in function declarations, because programs could in theory
> define macros with such names before including a header, which can
> result in syntax errors. The patch below drops parameter names such as
> "value" and "set" from libc/include/sys/signal.h (which is included by
> the standard signal.h).

The patch doesn't apply cleanly (MUA breaking it?).  If in doubt,
please attach it to your mail.


Thanks,
Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer
Red Hat

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