glibc 2.1.2pre3

[Geoff Keating]

> From: minyard@acm.org
> Cc: Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>, drepper@cygnus.com,
>         libc-alpha@sourceware.cygnus.com, x-linux-gcc@vger.rutgers.edu
> Reply-To: minyard@acm.org
> Date: 06 Sep 1999 22:33:10 -0400
> 
> Well, what if someone named a variable data_start?  Users are not
> supposed to name things with starting underscores, but data_start
> certainly might be used by the user.  It seems there would be a
> problem because I thought that would override a weak symbol.

Tell them not to do that, just like they shouldn't declare a function
select().

-- 
Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>