libc_hidden_* for public functions

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 10/04/2017 04:21 PM, Ilya Skapenko wrote:
> Hello!
> Please, help me to understand, why and when do you use macroses like
> libc_hidden_(proto, def)?
> As I understood, you use them, when using this symbol by library itself.
> But you could do it without these macroses, what's the purpose of them?
> What for do they create __GI_*function_name* alias for function?
 
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Style_and_Conventions#Double-underscore_names_for_public_API_functions

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Cheers,
Carlos.