Re: encapsulating directory operations

Richard Harnden <richard.harnden@gmail.invalid> writes:

On 22/05/2025 23:32, Keith Thompson wrote:

"Paul Edwards" <mutazilah@gmail.com> writes:

[...]

In one of your library's headers:
extern const char ESCAPE;
In the corresponding *.c file:
const char ESCAPE = ('z' - 'a' == 25 ? '\x1b' : '\x27');
Change the name if you prefer.

>
Wouldn't that be a reserved identifier?

Yes, it would.  Good catch.

(Identifiers starting with E followed by either a digit or an uppercase
letter are reserved; they could be defined as macros in <errno.h>.)

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */