Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: name space pollution Message-ID: <5492@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 16:16:53 EST Article-I.D.: brl-smok.5492 Posted: Wed Jan 7 16:16:53 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 21:37:16 EST References: <2144@brl-adm.ARPA> <1202@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 5 It occurred to me that an alternative to reserving _* names for the implementor might be to reserve some of the name space for the user (i.e., the implementor would not be allowed to introduce any such names). Perhaps a $ character in a name could do this...