Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!pacbell!att-ih!ihnp4!bentley!cox
From: cox@bentley.UUCP (MH Cox)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Safe to use *_t typedefs?
Message-ID: <1086@bentley.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 88 23:51:06 GMT
Reply-To: cox@bentley.UUCP (59463-MH Cox)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner
Lines: 20
Keywords: ANSI C, typedef, *_t types
Summary: Is it safe to use *_t typedefs (could clash with future ANSI types)?

I need some advice, preferrably from some one on the ANSI committee
(are you listenin' Gwyn?).  The proposed ANSI standard C has produced
a lot of new data types:  size_t, time_t, etc.  I was starting to
adopt their "_t" convention for my own data types, when
I suddenly realized (excuse me, if this is obvious to everyone
else :-) I might be headed for a type clash with a future
ANSI C typedef.  Did the ANSI C committe intend to reserve all
typedefs of the form *_t for their own use?  Should I
avoid typedefs of this form in my applications?

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