Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Auto-configuring software -- potential problems Message-ID: <336@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 00:18:13 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.336 Posted: Sat Oct 13 00:18:13 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Oct-84 04:45:49 EDT References: <421@ogcvax.UUCP> <550@burl.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 19 Rather than ``char *FOO = "%R% %W% ..."'' (in file foo.c), I always use #ifndef lint static char rcsid[] = "$Header$"; #endif lint (obviously I use RCS, not SCCS). This has a couple of advantages: - lint won't complain about the ``unused'' variable - the name can't possibly conflict with another since it's local to the particular source file - the file will even make it through the V6 cpp (not that any of my source would run on V6...). -- (This mind accidently left blank.) In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland