Re: a question about fix-header.c

[Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Zack Weinberg wrote:

> Daniel Berlin <dberlin@dberlin.org> writes:
> > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> > > Anything in glibc's headers (SuS, roughly) can and should be handled
> > > with builtins.  Outside the domain of standards, I think it should be
> > > left to users to update their headers as appropriate.
> >
> > Right, but again, this reqiures more than just a builtin.
> > If the user wants to attribute their program headers (IE this
> > attribute is uesful for user written functions), we have to provide
> > them an attribute to do it :)
>
> I never said you shouldn't expose __attribute__ notation for the
> property, I just think you'll have an easier time if you don't try to
> use fixincludes to apply the property when it can be done with
> builtins.

Okay, you win :)
It does look easier to do with a builtin