Vapor's Core package expresses a target called simply 'libc':

https://github.com/vapor/core/blob/master/Sources/libc/libc.swift 
<https://github.com/vapor/core/blob/master/Sources/libc/libc.swift>

As a result, their Swift files simply say "import libc"

https://github.com/vapor/core/blob/master/Sources/Core/Lock.swift

Alex

> On 13 Sep 2016, at 20:29, Brian Gesiak via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Resurrecting this discussion since the question of "why does Android import 
> Glibc?" came up on this swift-corelibs-foundation pull request: 
> https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation/pull/622#discussion_r77848100
>  
> <https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation/pull/622#discussion_r77848100>
> 
> I think that it is also important to ask what the real goal here is.  
> Foundation is our cross platform compatibility layer, are there specific 
> deficiencies in the Foundation API that cause a problem here, or is it just 
> that not all of corelibs Foundation is “done” yet?
> 
> When I first proposed the idea, I simply wanted to turn these five lines:
> 
>     #if os(Linux) || os(FreeBSD) || os(Android) || os(PS4)
>         import Glibc
>     #else
>         import Darwin
>     #endif
> 
> Into this one line:
> 
>     import WhateverNameWeDecideUpon
> 
> After all, writing five lines of code for the import is painful, and the list 
> of `#if os(...) || os(...) || ...` is always expanding.
> 
> I hadn't thought about a unified overlay for POSIX. I think the simplified 
> import alone has benefit to warrant its own evolution proposal. Would it be 
> possible to have a separate discussion for the POSIX overlay idea? Or is 
> there a reason that I'm missing that prevents the import from being viable on 
> its own? (Apologies in advance if there's an obvious answer to this question!)
> 
> - Brian Gesiak
> 
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