Re: cvs commit: dfports/java/jdk14/files patch-hotspot::src::share::vm::opto::regmask.cpp patch-hotspot::src::share::vm::opto::regmask.hpp

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 06:30:14PM -0700, YONETANI Tomokazu wrote:
> y0netan1    2005/06/16 18:30:14 PDT
> 
> DragonFly src repository
> 
>   Added files:
>     java/jdk14/files     
>                          patch-hotspot::src::share::vm::opto::regmask.cpp 
>                          patch-hotspot::src::share::vm::opto::regmask.hpp 
>   Log:
>   Fix build error by renaming _A[]'s, which is used by <ctype.h>.
>   Identifiers beginning with an underscore followed either by
>   a capital letter or another underscore are reserved for use
>   as predefined macro names.

To be precise, any name beginning with an underscore is part of the
implementation namespace and should not be used by applications.
Exceptions are rare and mostly the result of historic practise.

Joerg