GMP symbol naming (and the history thereof)?

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2013-02-28 12:51:29 +0100, Niels Möller wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre <vincent at vinc17.net> writes:
> 
> > I don't understand why changing the __ prefix to a gmp_ or libgmp_
> > namespace would be a problem.
> 
> It breaks ABI compatibility (but that's no big problem, since I think we
> all agree the change should be done only when we have some other good
> reason to break the ABI). And it's going to break some configure
> scripts, and programs using dlopen to access GMP symbols.
> 
> These are all transition problems. I'm not aware of any other drawbacks.

Of course, I meant except the obvious compatibility problems.

BTW, if this is decided, since this is going to break things, such
a change should be announced several months before starting it, so
that (almost) every one has a chance to be ready when it occurs in
a release version.

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