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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Improve portability: Avoid SS constant as it is already defined

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 27, 2008, 19:17 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> David Soria Parra <sn_@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> From: David Soria Parra <dsp@php.net>
>>
>> Constants that have the names of CPU registers are already defined
>> in OpenSolaris's sys/regset.h. This causes a warning as we try to
>> (re)define SS in ctype.c. So we just use another name.
>
> I do not mind this _particular_ workaround per-se, but I have to wonder
> what happens the next time some random other platform has "SP" defined in
> a random header file.
If we are doing an workaround, how about doing it this way instead?
 ctype.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git i/ctype.c w/ctype.c
index ee06eb7..d2bd38e 100644
--- i/ctype.c
+++ w/ctype.c
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
  */
 #include "cache.h"
 
+/* Just so that no insane platform contaminates the namespace with these symbols */
+#undef SS
+#undef AA
+#undef DD
+
 #define SS GIT_SPACE
 #define AA GIT_ALPHA
 #define DD GIT_DIGIT
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  2. 1/2 Improvate portability: Display pid_t's always as longDavid Soria Parra, Aug 27, 2008
  3. 2/2 Improve portability: Avoid SS constant as it is already definedDavid Soria Parra, Aug 27, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2008
  6. David Soria ParraAug 28, 2008
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  8. David Soria ParraAug 30, 2008
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