Florian Weimer <[email protected]> writes:

> Do you mean they are private because they have leading underscore?

The leading underscore is a hint. They are private because they are not
documented in the manual, and in the header file, they are clearly
marked as internal functions.

> They are listed in the installed header file, after all, and they are
> exported from the DSO as well.

There's no attempt to technically prevent applications from accessing
internal functions (which might be a bit old fashioned).

Regards,
/Niels

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