From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject: Re: <sys/unistd.h> not namespace-clean
31 Jul 1998 15:30:59 -0700
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To: Charles Randall <crandall AT matchlogic DOT com>, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 12:03:12PM -0600, Charles Randall wrote:
>> Wouldn't it make more sense to remove the variable names entirely?  That
>> completely eliminates name space pollution rather than shifting it.
>
>Yes. However, as the implementation provider the _* name space is reserved
>for you. Personally, I'd just remove the names entirely and use the _*
>namespace when you have to (for internally used functions behind macros,
>etc).

Yes.  Even though we do reserve the right to use the _name variables, that
still means *we* have to be careful not to reuse these names.

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