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Re: [PATCH 8/9] posix: Use enum for __glob_pattern_type result
On 06/09/2017 13:18, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>> My understanding was double underscore identifiers are reserved for implementation
>> (C99 7.1.3 Reserved identifiers).
>
> Yes, and that's the point. When this code is used as part of Gnulib, it is used within an application, so any identifiers it uses that start with __ might collide with the implementation, which means it's safer to avoid them when it's easy, as is the case here.
Right, I got your point.