Re: Coping with 'C' vs 'newC' function language names

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Coping with 'C' vs 'newC' function language names
Date: 2000-11-17 18:23:13
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0011171918470.789-100000@peter.localdomain
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> I think mixing new/old function types in the same object file is pretty
> rare,

What about several object files linked into a shared library? Won't work.

> and the confusion for programmers of having to label every function
> seems much more error-prone.

I think of it as having to declare your function.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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