From: martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (Martin von Loewis) Subject: Re: egcs-1.1 windows headers cause compilation failure in cygwin b20 14 Dec 1998 22:51:12 -0800 Message-ID: <199812150006.BAA00373.cygnus.gnu-win32@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <19981214141355.AAA5912@vb-mail1.corpemea.BayNetworks.com@LTRPLUIM.corpemea.baynetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.8.4 - "Takaoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII To: Robert_Pluim@baynetworks.com Cc: egcs-bug@cygnus.com, gnu-win32@cygnus.com > 1. Why is this windows stuff getting included when I'm not asking for > it? You are using . This *is*, more or less, 'windows stuff'. > 2. Isn't this namespace pollution? I must admit I'm not au-fait with > all the various standards, and I realise it might all be > Microsoft's fault, but couldn't this stuff at least be #ifdef'd > somehow? Same answer. You are using a non-standard header, what do you expect? Seriously, the standards say what you may define in standard headers. is not a standard, so it could define anything. Regards, Martin - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".