[PATCH] Use __unused0 instead of __unused for user visible struct members

Carlos O'Donell carlos@systemhalted.org
Mon Jan 9 03:19:00 GMT 2012


On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ehm, no.  All symbols starting with _ belong to the system.  I'm not
> going to make any change to enable broken software.  Just fix that
> broken code.

Isn't *most* user code non-coforming in some way?

There is definitely a slippery slope here, but in this
case the change is purely mechanical and enables
the building of additional user code with glibc.

What technical or non-technical reasons are there for
*not* making the change?

Cheers,
Carlos.



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