This page is a snapshot from the LWG issues list, see the Library Active Issues List for more information and the meaning of New status.
Section: 16.4.5.3.4 [extern.names] Status: New Submitter: Alisdair Meredith Opened: 2023-04-12 Last modified: 2023-05-24
Priority: 3
View all issues with New status.
Discussion:
16.4.5.3.4 [extern.names] p1 and p2 reserve certain names with external linkage to the implementation.
Each paragraph has a footnote, stating that such names includeerrno, setjmp(jmpbuf), and
va_end(va_list). These names are all defines as macros, not entities with that name and external linkage.
Are these footnotes intended by a normative extension to the list of reserved names with external linkage?
If so, they should be promoted to the main text, as they are no longer a note.
If they intend to serve as examples, it is not clear to me what principle is being shown, as there are many
other macros that might be in a similar position, and I do not see how to follow the a principle that is being
noted, and presumably follows from the normative text.
I think this is intended to be a normative extension to the set of reserved names with external linkage,
is limited to exactly those three named macros, so should be promoted as a non-note into the main text, but want
to hear what LWG consensus is before drafting wording.
[2023-05-24; Reflector poll]
Set priority to 3 after reflector poll.
Proposed resolution: