Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:52:20 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id:	<199806161252.IAA23884@delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.980616131844.13693C-100000@is> (message from Eli
	Zaretskii on Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:22:09 +0300 (IDT))
Subject:	Re: inb/outb

OK, there are two separate problems that need two separate solutions.

1.  We want to #define a function to a different function.  Solution:
Put the #define after the prototypes, so that a valid prototype is
always available, whether the symbol is #undef'd or not.  We provide
both symbols in the library as well, just in case, but one calls the
other.

2.  Functions that are normally *not* defined by us, and applications
provide their own prototypes (like xmalloc).  We can't provide a
prototype because it will, on average, conflict with 50% of the
applications out there (they don't agree on what the prototype should
be).  We provide a function in libc just in case, but don't prototype
it in the headers to avoid prototype conflicts.

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