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-rw-r--r--common/forbidden.h5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/common/forbidden.h b/common/forbidden.h
index 995442d5fc..9cba19cf5e 100644
--- a/common/forbidden.h
+++ b/common/forbidden.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
* Backend files may #define FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_ALLOW_ALL if they
* have to access functions like fopen, fread etc.
* Regular code, esp. code in engines/, should never do that.
+ * To ease transition, though, we allow re-enabling selected symbols
+ * in frontend code. However, this should only be used as a temporary
+ * measure. Especially new code should avoid this at all costs.
*/
#ifndef FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_ALLOW_ALL
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@
* the compiler will hopefully print along with its own error message),
* we try to make clear what is causing the error.
*/
-#define FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_REPLACEMENT FORBIDDEN SYMBOL !%*
+#define FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_REPLACEMENT FORBIDDEN_look_at_common_forbidden_h_for_more_info SYMBOL !%*
#ifndef FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_EXCEPTION_printf