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Article #264Re: Reserved names in ANSI C
From: Dave Decot
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1989 21:44
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1989 21:44
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> Yes. From reading section 4.13: > > E[0-9A-Z].* macros in errno.h > is[a-z].* externals, ctype.h > to[a-z].* externals, ctype.h > LC_[A-Z].* macros in locale.h > <func>f <func> is any function defined in math.h > <func>l <func> is any function defined in math.h > SIG[A-Z].* macros in signal.h > SIG_[A-Z].* macros in signal.h > str[a-z].* externals, stdlib.h and string.h > mem[a-z].* externals, string.h > wcs[a-z].* externals, string.h These do not really benefit the implementation either, because the (draft) standard requires so many other things to be hidden from the application's namespace the extra effort to hide such names is less than that of documenting that the application can't use them. Sigh. Dave
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