Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 08/12/2002 10:56:50
der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> writes:
> That makes namespace pollution in it a very important matter. Every
> time you add a function to libc, you are risking breaking anything that
> used that name for its own purposes.
No you aren't. That's the whole point of how our linker works. If you
use the symbol for your own purposes you'll have no trouble at all.
Perry