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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--malloc/obstack.c8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b797d20e5..909f9f4d71 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-05-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * malloc/obstack.c (_obstack) [!defined _LIBC]: Remove; not used.
+ Add comment explaining why libc still defines it.
+
2004-05-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
* malloc/obstack.h (_obstack_free, obstack_1grow, obstack_1grow_fast,
diff --git a/malloc/obstack.c b/malloc/obstack.c
index 47a4b16b53..4b3ccda906 100644
--- a/malloc/obstack.c
+++ b/malloc/obstack.c
@@ -95,10 +95,12 @@ int obstack_exit_failure = EXIT_FAILURE;
# define obstack_exit_failure exit_failure
# endif
-/* The non-GNU-C macros copy the obstack into this global variable
- to avoid multiple evaluation. */
-
+# ifdef _LIBC
+/* A looong time ago (before 1994, anyway; we're not sure) this global variable
+ was used by non-GNU-C macros to avoid multiple evaluation. The GNU C
+ library still exports it because somebody might use it. */
struct obstack *_obstack;
+# endif
/* Define a macro that either calls functions with the traditional malloc/free
calling interface, or calls functions with the mmalloc/mfree interface