CDEFS(3) BSD Library Functions Manual CDEFS(3)
NAME
cdefs -- common definitions and macros
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/cdefs.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <sys/cdefs.h> header includes some common definitions and macros typical to the C language conventions of NetBSD. Among these are:
o Certain C language properties and definitions that are versioned according to the support in compilers. Examples include the
__func__ keyword and the restrict type qualifier from C99.
o Macros and definitions specific to compilers, preprocessors, and linkers; see __CONCAT(3), __UNCONST(3), __insn_barrier(3), and
attribute(3).
o Utility macros provided for convenience; see __arraycount(3) and bits(3).
The header also contains the __RCSID() and __KERNEL_RCSID() macros used for version control system (VCS) identifiers. Thus, all NetBSD
source code files typically include <sys/cdefs.h>, included as the first thing right after any possible copyright texts;
/*-
* Copyright (c) 1984 John Doe
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms,
* with or without modification, are permitted.
*/
#include <sys/cdefs.h>
__RCSID("$NetBSD: cdefs.3,v 1.3 2011/04/08 07:55:04 jruoho Exp $");
It is possible to identify the RCS keyword strings by using ident(1).
SEE ALSO
ident(1), param(3), stddef(3), types(3), c(7)
HISTORY
The <sys/cdefs.h> header was originally imported from 386BSD.
BSD
April 8, 2011 BSD
