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From: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: Reserve qemu_ prefix for
	library wrappers
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:28:16 +0000
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Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>

> +When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix qemu_ to alert
> +readers that they are seeing a wrapped version; otherwise avoid this
>  prefix. +

I'm tempted to say "When wrapping or providing functionality that could easily 
be confused with standard library functions [...]".

I'm not going to argue either way though.

Paul