Re: lib/36511: lcc is an ANSI C compiler for a variety of platforms

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The following reply was made to PR lib/36511; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: coypu%sdf.org@localhost
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: lib/36511: lcc is an ANSI C compiler for a variety of platforms
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 14:43:30 +0000

 Function renaming is netbsd's way of changing function signatures in
 libc without breaking compatibility.
 
 e.g. if you use cabs(), it will make a call for __c99_cabs() instead.
 
 This is needed because netbsd had a pre-C99 cabs and did not want to
 break anything that used it.