Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:40:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: standards/51292: [PATCH] add ecvt()/fcvt()/gcvt() functions (SUSv3) Message-ID: <200304231740.h3NHeCR8054815@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR standards/51292; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: David Schultz <das@freebsd.org> Cc: "Sergey A. Osokin" <osa@freebsd.org.ru>, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-standards@freebsd.org Subject: Re: standards/51292: [PATCH] add ecvt()/fcvt()/gcvt() functions (SUSv3) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:38:38 -0400 (EDT) <<On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:11:09 -0700, David Schultz <das@freebsd.org> said: > Nobody uses these functions anymore, so it doesn't seem particularly > useful to implement them now, given that snprintf() provides almost > equivalent functionality. However, it doesn't hurt to have them, even if we are not targeting XSI compliance. > Any active standards that still require them will most likely drop > them in the near future. POSIX has a five-year review cycle. -GAWollman
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