Re: New GNULIB glob module?

Derek Price <[email protected]> Tue, 17 May 2005 14:02:06 -0400

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Paul Eggert wrote:

>Derek Price <[email protected]> writes:
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>>>This seems a bit brittle.  Why not simply try to compile this program?
>>>
>>> #include <glob.h>
>>> char a[_GNU_GLOB_INTERFACE_VERSION == 1 ? 1 : -1];
>>>      
>>>
>>Because I like to avoid runtime tests if I can avoid it, since they
>>cannot be used when cross-compiling.
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>The code that I proposed does not have any runtime tests, since the
>array is allocated statically.  Tests like this are often used during
>cross-compiling.
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Ah, I didn't realize the optimizer could be relied on for code like
this.  Fixed.

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Regards,

Derek