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- From: Andy Tanenbaum <uunet!cs.vu.nl!ast>
-
- The <dirent.h> header is required by P1003.1 to have a field
- d_name []
-
- Now the question arises about what size to use there. One possibility is
- d_name[NAME_MAX+1]
-
- However, doing this means that <limits.h> must be included. As far as I
- can see, the following is a conforming application:
-
- #include <dirent.h>
-
- main()
- {
- (void) opendir("/usr");
- }
-
- If one uses NAME_MAX in <dirent.h>, we have a conforming application that
- won't even compile.
-
- Another solution is to put
-
- #define _NAME_MAX 14
-
- in <dirent.h> and use that (assuming the result of the discussion on
- name space pollution permits this). It might work, but it is hardly
- elegant.
-
- What's an implementer to do?
-
- Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 17, Number 65
-
-
-