Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: encapsulating directory operations Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 11:10:35 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 20 Message-ID: <87iklrtcys.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> References: <100h650$23r5l$1@dont-email.me> <20250520065158.709@kylheku.com> <100i2la$292le$1@dont-email.me> <87a5770xjw.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <100j09o$2f04b$1@dont-email.me> <87tt5ezx9y.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <100j4t3$2foah$1@dont-email.me> <87ldqqzfj0.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <100kak8$2q0s6$1@dont-email.me> <87a575zvmb.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <100o3sc$3ll6t$1@dont-email.me> <87bjrkxonr.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 20:10:37 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a36cf223f85aef33d75c7d55cd737c07"; logging-data="226943"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/1UPVlagH4nG2Ywhl4s22Z" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:n6GrYsgjAJauE3SczDbKCKWyoRg= sha1:PjAtSMBHRO7oRlpFtaoVukRyHHI= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:393572 Richard Harnden writes: > On 22/05/2025 23:32, Keith Thompson wrote: >> "Paul Edwards" writes: >>> [...] >> In one of your library's headers: >> extern const char ESCAPE; >> In the corresponding *.c file: >> const char ESCAPE = ('z' - 'a' == 25 ? '\x1b' : '\x27'); >> Change the name if you prefer. > > Wouldn't that be a reserved identifier? Yes, it would. Good catch. (Identifiers starting with E followed by either a digit or an uppercase letter are reserved; they could be defined as macros in .) -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */