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REH
OK, I was at a code review today and got asked a strange questions (at
least I thought it was). I pointed out that the naming convention they
were using for macros clashed with one of the reserved forms for
identifies in the standard. After some shock and disbelief, the lead
of the project agreed to change to convention. One of the engineers
piped up and asked, "Do we really want to accept the standard?" I
didn't know how to answer other than response, "If you are writing C
code, why would you not?"
REH
least I thought it was). I pointed out that the naming convention they
were using for macros clashed with one of the reserved forms for
identifies in the standard. After some shock and disbelief, the lead
of the project agreed to change to convention. One of the engineers
piped up and asked, "Do we really want to accept the standard?" I
didn't know how to answer other than response, "If you are writing C
code, why would you not?"
REH