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Re: PATCH RFC: Define EXTERN_CONST in ansidecl.h
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:19:00 -0400
- Subject: Re: PATCH RFC: Define EXTERN_CONST in ansidecl.h
- References: <m3hbyy2znf.fsf@google.com>
If the intention is to make the variables global, why call it
"extern"? That's backwards from what "extern" means in C
(i.e. "defined external to this compilation unit"). Perhaps
GLOBAL_CONST would make more sense?