Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
>
> Waldek Hebisch <[email protected]> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> | I do not know why Gaby used 'axiom-c-macros.h' as a name, but at
> | first glance changing it to 'config.h' looks reasonable (unless
> | there is some technical difficulty).
>
> I do not know why having the name "config.h" is important, but I do know
> why calling it something else, less prone to confusion with a generic header
> name, is important.
>
> Depending on your system, there are lots of carelessly installed header
> files named config.h out there. I didn't think (and I still do not
> think) it was good engineering not to avoid the (potential) clash. I've
> run into enough careless header file name clashes and macro name clashes
> to instinctly avoid them -- because they are formidable sources of
> headache and I find headaches unamusing.
>
Good point. Thanks for explanation.
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Waldek Hebisch
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