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-rw-r--r--tests/symbol-scan.pl13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/symbol-scan.pl b/tests/symbol-scan.pl
index 4c7edb644..2f9ce3507 100644
--- a/tests/symbol-scan.pl
+++ b/tests/symbol-scan.pl
@@ -77,7 +77,18 @@ close S;
my $ignored=0;
for my $e (sort @syms) {
- if($e =~ /(OBSOLETE|^CURL_EXTERN|^CURL_SOCKET_BAD|_LAST\z|_LASTENTRY\z)/) {
+ # OBSOLETE - names that are just placeholders for a position where we
+ # previously had a name, that is now removed. The OBSOLETE names should
+ # never be used for anything.
+ #
+ # CURL_EXTERN - is a define used for libcurl functions that are external,
+ # public. No app or other code should ever use it.
+ #
+ # *_LAST and *_LASTENTRY are just prefix for the placeholders used for the
+ # last entry in many enum series.
+ #
+
+ if($e =~ /(OBSOLETE|^CURL_EXTERN|_LAST\z|_LASTENTRY\z)/) {
$ignored++;
next;
}