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Re: md5.h

On Friday, February 27, 2004, at 07:39 AM, Kenneth Hill wrote:

Justin,

Forgive my ignorance, but I am confused by your statements regarding the <sys/...> includes. While I agree that there is some stuff in the directory that has no real use outside the kernel -- it seems to me that there are a number of things in there that are needed at a user-level:
<sys/types.h>, <sys/stat.h>, <sys/select.h>, etc...

You are correct.

am I misinterpreting your statement or have I been using the wrong includes? It never occurred to me that I should avoid including things in the <sys/...> directory (other than the fact that headers the are ifndef'd out by KERNAL aren't really useful...)-- can you offer any more clarity on this?

There is no clear-cut statement to be made here (other than that "KERNEL" is not spelled with an "A"). Some header files are needed by user-mode code (stat.h, ...) and some should never be included unless you are a Trained Professional, on a Closed Track. One way to determine whether you should be including a <sys/> or <net*/> header is to check man pages. Of course that rule of thumb is oft-times negated by the fact that the man pages are missing or wrong.

Hope that muddies the water for you :-}

Cheers,

Justin

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