Re: nmap-4.20 portability patch

Peter O'Gorman wrote:

> __FUNCTION__ is not portable, this is replaced in the patch with
> "function_name" even where that is silly.

Isn't this silly everywhere? Instead of putting the function name in the
format string of the printf() you have it converted with a %s. Did you
just run a script to replace it?

> // C++ style comments don't work with non-c++ compilers on some
> platofrms.

I sent in a patch for this just a little bit ago, but no biggie.

This should probably just be categorized under the "not all our
compilers are c99 capable" along with the va_copy() and variable length
arrays things below.

> hpux does not have va_copy.

...

> variable length arrays is a c99 feature, but not all our compilers
> are c99 capable.
> 

...

> Thanks,
> Peter

I hope I'm not coming across mean or anything, I just got done driving
across a two states :)

Kris Katterjohn

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