Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 21:18:16 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199711210218.VAA04359@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: k3040e4 AT c210 DOT edvz DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
In-reply-to: <199711191710.MAA00936@delorie.com> (message from Oberhumer
	Markus on Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:02:12 +0100 (MET))
Subject: Re: <sys/stat.h> constants
Precedence: bulk


> The values of some constants in <sys/stat.h> are different
> from all other systems I've seen, especially S_IFDIR.

So?

> While implementations are probably free to use values of their choice,
> I nevertheless suggest changing them to standard ones.

There are no "standard ones"

> I don't think this should break anything.

It will break all existing libraries that use stat, perhaps like
allegro.