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moved the symbols talk to the library part, updated slightly to match

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Daniel Stenberg 2001-01-26 15:52:51 +00:00
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Updated for curl 7.6 on January 26, 2001
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Thus, the largest amount of code and complexity is in the library part.
SYMBOLS
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All symbols used internally must use a 'Curl_' prefix if they're used in more
than a single file. Single-file symbols must be made static. Public
(exported) symbols must use a 'curl_' prefix. (There are exceptions, but they
are destined to be changed to follow this pattern in the future.)
CVS
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All changes to the sources are committed to the CVS repository as soon as
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There are a few differences in how to program curl the unix way compared to
the Windows way. The four perhaps most notable details are:
1. Different function names for close(), read(), write()
1. Different function names for socket operations.
In curl, this is solved with defines and macros, so that the source looks
the same at all places except for the header file that defines them.
the same at all places except for the header file that defines them. The
macros in use are sclose(), sread() and swrite().
2. Windows requires a couple of init calls for the socket stuff
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exists in lib/getpass.c. libcurl offers a custom callback that can be used
instead of this, but it doesn't change much to us.
Library Symbols
===============
All symbols used internally in libcurl must use a 'Curl_' prefix if they're
used in more than a single file. Single-file symbols must be made
static. Public (exported) symbols must use a 'curl_' prefix. (There are
exceptions, but they are destined to be changed to follow this pattern in the
future.)
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