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00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke SmithNSPR 2.0 libc functions
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00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke SmithLast edited: AOF 04 March 1997
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke SmithThis directory contains various libc-types of functions. All functions in
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke Smiththis directory are platform independent, thread friendly (both safe and
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke Smithefficient). They are contributed from various sources, though the contri-
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke Smithbutions are monitored by the NSPR group (mailto:freier).
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke SmithAll API items exported by these functions will contain the same three
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke Smithcharacter prefix, "PL_" (Portable Library). Internal function names
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke Smiththat are not exported (static) are of little concern, though some caution
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke Smithmust be used on those elements that are 'extern' but not really intended
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke Smithto be part of the API. Those should all have a prefix of "_PL_" (is that
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke SmithThe responsibility for contributions in this area are distributed among
00cf03a1ca1624dac1fecc85f43fc34f8806aff9Luke Smithall interested parties.