Re: Add reallocarray(3) and strtonum(3) to lib/libc/include/namespace.h

[Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>]

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On 26.07.2015 19:00, David Holland wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
>>>> I would like to add the OpenBSD functions to 
>>>> lib/libc/include/namespace. h.
>>>> 
>>>> The reasoning is that it seems correct as other libc
>>>> functions are there as well.
>>> 
>>> They are not used internally by libc so this is not needed...
>> 
>> They are used externally.
> 
> The purpose of namespace.h (which is internal to libc) is so that 
> calls from libc to things that are supposed to be libc functions,
> but are nonstandard, aren't disrupted when programs provide their
> own symbols with the same names. If there aren't internal uses in
> libc, namespace.h has no effect.
> 
>> Our base utilities and external utilities of our users depend on
>> it. I want to be prepared for possible drop of these functions in
>> case of obsoleting it upstream (in OpenBSD) or adaption for
>> change of its signature.
> 
> namespace.h would not help in this event; this would require
> bumping the major version of libc.so, which as you may have
> gathered is a "nearly never" event.
> 
> now that the functions are in libc, they're in libc for keeps...
> 

Thank you for making it clear.
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