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Dan Sugalski wrote on 4/11/01 13.38: >At 03:09 PM 4/11/2001 >-0400, John Siracusa wrote: >>On 4/11/01 10:55 AM, Dan >Sugalski wrote: >> > It does fix the link issues, >though. perl6.so won't ever >have an >> > unqualified function in >it--they'll all have either a >Perl_ or _Perl_ >> > prefix on them, and all >global data will have a PL_ >prefix on it. >> >>Remind me again why it's >PL_ and not PERL_? > >Well, Perl_ and PERL_ won't >work, since that's relying on >case-sensitivity in the >various linkers, which is a Bad >Thing. Why don't we just say, "Variables and functions will NOT have the same post-prefix name"? Having Perl_foo and PL_foo is a bit confusing anyway. I like Perl_foo and PERL_foo--it makes it very clear what things are while making sure we keep our own little 'namespace'. --Brent Dax Excuse typos, it's hahd to write on a Palm...Thread Previous | Thread Next