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Terry Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" wrote:
: > Gotcha. I'm thinking very seriously about keeping __sF support (but
: > creating no new binaries with it in it) and the freeze on sizeof(FILE)
: > through the 5.x series of releases because we botched the
: > compatibility stuff so badly to give people a chance to catch their
: > breaths before that reorg can happen.
:
: Redefining stdio as:
:
: #define stdin (__stdio(0))
: #define stdout (__stdio(1))
: #define stderr (__stdio(2))
:
: And then defining an __stdio() function that returns a pointer
: to a struct FILE, would let you change the underlying implementation
: however you wanted, later, without disrupting newly compiled programs.
:
: This may not be entirely happy for static declarations:
:
: FILE *fp = stdin; /* default */
:
: ...but that's a compiler problem (I think).
That's what __std{in,out,err}p do, and it saves function calls all
over the place. This patch just makes -stable more compatible with
current.
Warner
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