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   ThePhD (thephd@pony.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 03:28:01 JST ThePhD

   Remember, everyone:

   PREFIX YOUR MACROS
   PREFIX YOUR MACROS
   PREFIX YOUR MACROS
   PREFIX YOUR MACROS

   PREFIX.

   YOUR.

   MACROS!!!!!!

   https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/10803

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     ThePhD (thephd@pony.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 03:28:48 JST ThePhD

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     2024 and we're still having these stupid-ass issues because crusty C codebases can't add a X_ or an X11_ in front of their macros. Every C codebase treating the whole world like its own backyard and not something to share, and then suddenly it's just Infinite Problems.

     Please, please just get into the habit of using a prefix. You don't have namespaces. You need to be disciplined. I don't care what you pick as a prefix, just HAVING ONE makes it easy enough to refactor and not break the whole world even if we do have to change it.

     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.