Yes, when they don't behave consistently across platforms. Not sure this is the case anywhere, but in many cases, it's easier to just have our own, and prototype it consistently everywhere this way.
-- Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulinger EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 UMR Information Technology Fax: (573) 341-4216 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Rees [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 3:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OpenAFS-devel] str madness > > > Is there any good reason for the str routines in afs_util.c > to have afs_ > prepended to their names? Wouldn't it make more sense to > give them their > real names, and conditionally compile them depending on > what's available in > the host kernel? Maybe even with the help of autoconf? (Yes I know > autoconf support for kernel code is incomplete). > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel > _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel
