Bodo Moeller wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 01:17:19PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote:
>
> >> (remember that HEADER_ENVELOPE_H is always defined here
> >> because of a previous #include, and that the dummy structure
> >> definitions anyway could fail on some systems because they don't
> >> necessary have the alignment needed for the actual structures):
>
> > Sounds fine to me: but is there any clue why these exist at all?
>
> Well, it seems that the intent was to keep the various parts of the
> library a little independent from each other -- but of course it's
> only pseudo-independence when it's done by #defining strange length
> macros and has no real advantages whatsoever.
Fair enough. Blow it away, then!
Cheers,
Ben.
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