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Re: __op, ok no more ;-)
- To: alain at qnx dot com (Alain Magloire)
- Subject: Re: __op, ok no more ;-)
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 98 12:26:31 PDT
- Cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
[ reserved names ]
> <rant>
> It sure needs lot of sync. from lib maintainers and C maintainers,
> since according to answers `__' is reserved for C/lib implementation.
> U.D. is probably having quiet a headache.
> </rant>
It is true that if the compiler and the library are done by different
people, there can be problems. But in commercial compilers, the compiler
and library are tightly integrated; in the case of glibc/libstdc++ and
gcc/g++, many of the maintainers all work in the same company. So this
is not much of a problem.
In the case of things like __op: these are part of the name mangling,
which hasn't changed in years.