[illumos-Developer] glibc extensions

[Owen Shepherd]

On 19 Oct 2010, at 19:09, Chris Pickett wrote:

> What will happen if functions with this name become part of the POSIX
> standard with a slightly incompatible API? Solaris libc has already
> enough issues with APIs stuck at the prePOSIX and presanity level,
> unless you turn on some magic switches which blow up 3rd party shared
> libraries. enable_extended_FILE_stdio and the hidden switch to enable
> XPG4 conformance in libc are prime examples for problems caused by
> such improper design.
> 
> Chris


What names would you suggest to avoid conflicts then?

-- Owen