[cfe-dev] [PATCH] Libc++ Windows fixes (Attention all libc++ ports!!!)

[Matthieu Monrocq]

2011/9/26 Thomas Gamper <icicle at mail.cg.tuwien.ac.at>

> For whatever reason Microsoft is prefixing many standard POSIX
> functions with an underscore:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ybk95axf%28v=vs.80%29.aspx
>
> int _sprintf_l(
>    char *buffer,
>    const char *format,
>    locale_t locale [,
>       argument] ...
> );
>
> I hope this helps,
> TOM
>

Probably because such identifiers (leading underscore) are reserved for the
implementation at global scope. The POSIX Standard "pollutes" the global
namespace with identifiers that fall within userland therefore, while MSVC
does not :)

-- Matthieu.
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