rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (12/19/84)
> Perhaps what C really needs is a way to define a seperate external name for > an identifier when declaring that identifier. For example, the following: > > extern sys_read "SYS$READ" (); > ... This suggestion (see parent article for more explanation) is a good one for resolving the inevitable clashes between a language's idea of the lexical rules for an identifier and the OS's idea of same. The language and the OS should have a good common ground, but there needs to be a way to cover the exceptions (short of all of us adopting the same OS:-) -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.