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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
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Subject: Re: 6 letter variable names?
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Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 19:37:59 EDT
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> It should not be too hard to write a pre-processor that checks for
> identifier clashes within the significance limit of the local compiler
> and optionally maps clashes into unique names.

If it's "not. . .too hard to write" then the thing for advocates of this
approach to do is to write it.  Best of skill dealing with "extern"s.
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