Re: cvs commit: openssl/util libeay.num

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

From: Ulf M�ller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

ulf> On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 07:42:38PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ulf> 
ulf> >   -ERR_load_CRYPTOlib_strings              1009  NOEXIST::FUNCTION:
ulf> >    ERR_load_CRYPTO_strings                 1009  NOEXIST::FUNCTION:
ulf> >   +ERR_load_CRYPTOlib_strings              1009  NOEXIST::FUNCTION:
ulf> 
ulf> Two functions with the same number - how'd that happen?

Symbol hacking makes different function names on different operating
systems, where names would otherwise clash (because of case
insensitivity) or be too long (a certain linker I play with truncates
names after the 31st character).

It's been like that for quite a long time...

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