code review 5294071: Change the name of cas() in cc to newcase() to avoid a ...

Change the name of cas() in cc to newcase() to avoid a NIX conflict.
cas() is used in cc to create a new Case struct. There is a name
conflict in that cas() is a commonly-used
name for compare and swap. Since cas() is only used internally
in the compiler in 3 places, change the name to avoid a wider
conflict with the NIX runtime. This issue might well come up on
other OSes in the future anyway, as the name is fairly common.

[rminnich, 2011-10-26 18:06:45]

Hello rsc@google.com (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com),

I'd like you to review this change to
https://go.googlecode.com/hg/

[rsc1, 2011-10-26 19:59:03]

LGTM

[rsc, 2011-10-26 22:28:06]

*** Submitted as http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=e87e3a0335c0 ***

cc: change cas to newcase

Change the name of cas() in cc to newcase() to avoid a NIX conflict.
cas() is used in cc to create a new Case struct. There is a name
conflict in that cas() is a commonly-used
name for compare and swap. Since cas() is only used internally
in the compiler in 3 places, change the name to avoid a wider
conflict with the NIX runtime. This issue might well come up on
other OSes in the future anyway, as the name is fairly common.

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
http://codereview.appspot.com/5294071

Committer: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>