On 2006-10-19, Roland Levillain <roland@lrde.epita.fr> wrote:

Tsuna <tsuna@warszawa.lrde.epita.fr> writes:

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Types ending in _t are reserved by POSIX :P

This rule has been set up by POSIX to avoid namespace pollution, because C has no means to separate standard types from user types.

The aforementioned types ending in `_t' are enclosed in a C++ class namespace (which itself belongs to a user namespace). Under these conditions, does this rule still apply?

You are totally right, I was just being picky :P

I browsed the Single Unix Specification version 3 (since POSIX isn't freely available), and only found this reference in the « Rationale (Informative) Volume » (XRAT):

B.2.12 Data Types

[SNIP]

Is this the single reference on that subject in SUSv3?

No idea. -- SIGOURE Benoit aka Tsuna (SUSv3 compliant) _____ "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate /EPITA\ Promo 2008.CSI/ACU for everyone drops to zero" -- Jack.