varible name conflicts in news (due to 8char limit on some systems)

[loci!clb]

In article <1079 at flatline.UUCP>, erict at flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes:
> 
> [This is on unix.pc and comp.sys.att because many 3b1/7300 owners still
> use 3.0 w/ its 8char limit.]
> 
> I was playing with a c preprocessor that converts all varible names
> in <=8character variblenames.  If there is a conflict, the cpp converts
> a conflicitng name to a crc'd name.

	There's a program in the "killer" unix-pc archives which can
	be used to check and fix this kind of problem. Called "cppp"
	it can be used on net programs. If you are interested in a copy
	of it, check killer!/bbsys4/sources/unix-pc/Index or let me
	know and I'll e-mail a copy.

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