Re: Word For Today: “Uglification”

On 3/13/24 17:52, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:36:11 -0400, James Kuyper wrote:
 

Yes, I do, and so do implementors. Avoiding those clashes is their
responsibility.

 
Implementors of the C standard? What about providers of other libraries?

Avoiding conflicts is their responsibility, obviously. As a general
rule, they do so by choosing a library-specific prefix to use on all
identifiers that might otherwise cause problems.