unistd.h ifdefs on OS

[Joel Sherrill]

Hi

In looking at unistd.h for the next restrict patch,
I noticed blocks like this:

#if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__rtems__)
int     _EXFUN(setegid, (gid_t __gid ));
int     _EXFUN(seteuid, (uid_t __uid ));
#endif

These are POSIX methods which are not specific to RTEMS
or Cygwin. We just happen to be two targets that support
them.

In other cases, newlib prototypes methods with no concern
whether they are implemented or not.

I know this was done historically but is there any reason
non-OS specific POSIX methods like these should be wrapped
by OS specific conditionals?

I rather like the idea of having POSIX .h files with methods
for which an implementation may not have the body. It avoids
a lot of unnecessary and ugly conditionals.

Comments? Thoughts?

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