From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: Tiled memory 17 Mar 1997 07:57:33 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199703171231.XAA25105.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Content-Type: text Original-To: cheekai@gen.co.jp (Chin Chee-Kai) Original-Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com (gnu-win32) In-Reply-To: from "Chin Chee-Kai" at Mar 17, 97 03:01:16 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com [Apologies for contnuing this off-topic thread.] Chin Chee-Kai wrote: > > BTW, why is it underscored? (_saturated) To avoid breaking existing programs that use `saturated' to mean something else. BTW, if you want ANSI/ISO C conformance, it should be `__saturated'. or `_Saturated' or something like that. Names starting with an underscore and a lower-case letter are not reserved for the implementation in all contexts. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".