<built-in> vs <internal>

Zack Weinberg zack@codesourcery.com
Mon Jun 28 21:06:00 GMT 2004


Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:

> While initializing, some code (including cpplib) sets the
> current filename to "<built-in>" while other code (including
> c_init_decl_processing) uses "<internal>".  What is the
> distinction?  Any reason not to use "<built-in>" consistently?

I don't think there's any difference, just a change in preferred
terminology over time.  I'd approve a patch that changed everything to
use "<built-in>" (or "<internal>", don't care which).

zw



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