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Re: RFC: linux compatibility
Chris Faylor wrote:
> Hmm. Some OS's have a "personality" model. We could actually adopt
> something like that. New code could default to the "linux personality"
> while older code could stil use the default "cygwin hodge-podge personality".
> This might not be feasible with some things like timezone, etc.
That could be managed by the header file.
extern time_t _timezone __declspec(dllimport);
#if defined (LINUX_PERSONALITY)
#define timezone _timezone
#elif defined (HODGE_PODGE_PERSONALITY)
char *_EXFUN(timezone, (void));
#endif
Corinna
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