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On 3/13/24 17:52, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:36:11 -0400, James Kuyper wrote:
> 
>> Yes, I do, and so do implementors. Avoiding those clashes is their
>> responsibility.
> 
> Implementors of the C standard? What about providers of other libraries?

Avoiding conflicts is their responsibility, obviously. As a general
rule, they do so by choosing a library-specific prefix to use on all
identifiers that might otherwise cause problems.