Re: [PATCH 1/6] Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable.

On Montag, 30. August 2010, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

So why does e.g. compat/snprintf.c need to "#undef snprintf" before
defining it again?

Because the implementation of the compat snprintf uses the system's snprintf.

There are other cases, like e.g., pread, where it would not be necessary to 
#define pread git_pread.

-- Hannes