[Nagiosplug-devel] replacing common system calls with macros/inlines?

[Andreas Ericsson]

Ton Voon wrote:
> 
> I notice you are proposing an uppercase version. I would prefer a  
> prefix of np_.
> 

Like Sean said, np_* functions are things that do quite a bit. Compare 
with pthread_* functions and FD_* macros.


> I have a long term plan that "general" functions would move to an  
> installed dynamic library which the core C plugins would use. Then  also 
> have something like apxs for Apache where a 3rd party could  create a C 
> program which could then compile and link to this library.
> 

Why?? Apaches extension system is for creating libraries that fit in a 
particular main binary (which is a sort of odd thing to do, but 
necessary since apache modules can be compiled in-core so modules added 
later require specific linking information). For any normal use you only 
need a header-file and the name and location of the library.

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