[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

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On Oct 6, 3:29 pm, ChrisQ <m... at devnull.com> wrote:
> I must be out of date. Have been programming C since about 1983 and have
> never heard of C *library* function calls being reserved words within
> the the C *compiler*.
>
> Perhaps someone could provide examples ?. Sounds like a lot of flannel
> to me ;-)...

Here, let me Google that for you. ;-)

http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n1336.pdf

See section 7.1.3. As I read it, a C library function identifier is a
reserved word IFF the associated header file is included. No idea if
this is enforced by any compilers. So, for example, you may define
your own malloc() but you shall not also include <stdlib.h>. Also, as
I read it, certain identifiers are reserved at all times, such as
those beginning with double underscore.

Please note the cited document is a draft revision of the C99 standard.