This is just a curiosity question and could be a bit of topic. Why is it that most libraries (like glibc) prefix all their functions with __. Even the ones that will eventually be exported. I've come up with two possible reasons: 1) avoid global namespace polution. This can also be avoided by grouping more functions into files and declaring some of then static. 2) avoid problems with interposing. So that when a user defines a function of the same name the internals of the library are not affected because it uses the same function but with __ in front of it. Which one of these reasons most relevant? Are there other ones? Thanks. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
