----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sisyphus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:33 AM Subject: Re: symbols.perl
> > On Sunday, September 1, 2002, at 03:49 PM, Sisyphus wrote: > > The Inline::C documentation section "Bugs and Deficiencies" > > informs us that > > we should avoid using the names in "symbols.perl". > > > > Does this mean that I should avoid using the C functions named in > > 'symbols.perl' ? > > No, those are useful things, you'll probably use them a lot. > Notice that things like 'strncmp' are in that list. =) Avoiding > those things would be quite a crippled flavor of C. > > Also note that there are (global) variable names as well as > function names in that list. > > > Or does it simply mean that I should not *name* an inline > > function with any > > of the names appearing in 'symbols.perl'. > > Yes, this one. > Thanks Ken. That section of the docs ends with "Avoid using these in your code". It was *that* closing remark that made me wonder ..... Cheers, Rob
