[Zlib-devel] zlib short macro names

[Cosmin Truta]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> zlib sets up a few helpers for compatibility with older compilers like "OF"
> and "ON".  this breaks packages that utilize "OFF" and "ON" already.  while
> coding style is debatable here with these projects, zlib should be better at
> not polluting imo.

Are these still necessary?

> rather than using "ON()" and "OF()", how about "_Z_ON()" and "_Z_OF()" ?  the
> zlib header has already claimed the Z_xxx name space, so this should naturally
> line up.

Z_OF and Z_ON are ok, but _Z_OF and _Z_ON aren't.

All identifiers that begin with an underscore and either an uppercase
letter or another underscore are reserved in C and C++.

Sincerely,
Cosmin