Re: calling my custom function same as library function

From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: 28 Feb 2005 03:53:36 GMT

In article <ut45219dpns6m5cmv5dlgtkfdpdlm1tfdi@4ax.com>,
Jack Klein <jackklein@spamcop.net> wrote:
:According to the C standard, it is neither portable nor acceptable to
:use the name of a library function in a context where it has external
:linkage.

That does not sound right. Every library function has external linkage
relative to the user code. 

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