From:	Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Purpose of y1() in standard library?
Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:05:39 -0400
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Martin Ambuhl wrote:
> 
> "S. M. Halloran" wrote:
> >
> > I get warnings in much of my code about my local variable named 'y1' shadowing
> > a global, which is defined the 'math.h'.  Naming variables like 'x1', 'y1',
> > 'x2', 'y2' is rather logical for programs that plot pixels and so on, so it
> > would be rather irritating for a global to define itself that way, unless it
> > doesn't really need to be defined as such.
> 
> Maybe you should rethink the normally to be avoided use of global
> variables.

I'm sorry.  This was written too fast and with too little thought.  The
y*() functions are not part of the ANSI/ISO specs.  This warning will go
away with the use of '-ansi -pedantic'.  Otherwise, this shadowing will
not do you any harm.

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