linux libio status
Jason Merrill
jason@cygnus.com
Wed Oct 15 22:29:00 GMT 1997
>>>>> Peter Seebach <seebs@monolith.solon.com> writes:
> In message < u9zpoarh0w.fsf@yorick.cygnus.com >, Jason Merrill writes:
>> This is why we have a NULL macro. The gcc stddef.h provides an appropriate
>> definition, so we can put
>> #undef NULL
>> #define __need_NULL
>> #include <stddef.h>
>> #undef __need_NULL
>> somewhere strategic, and that should do the trick.
> Well, strictly speaking, I don't think that's correct - I *believe* a
> user who has not included <stddef.h> is allowed to assume that not everything
> in it is defined.
That's why we define __need_NULL. That tells the gcc stddef.h that we only
want the definition of NULL, and nothing else.
Jason
More information about the Gcc
mailing list