Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:43:34 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/clanlib Makefile ports/devel/clanlib/files patch-Sources_Util_fcvt.c patch-ah Message-ID: <200101112143.QAA49876@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010112083558.C91242@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> References: <200101092309.f09N90P48928@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010112083558.C91242@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
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<<On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:35:58 +1100, Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> said: > I have also had occasions when fcvt() or dtoa() would allow simpler > code than sprintf(). Wouldn't we be better off documenting our dtoa() > and allowing other functions to access it? [efg]cvt() are required by SUSv2. The are included (under the XSI extension) in draft 5 of POSIX.1-200x and marked LEGACY there, so they won't be eligible for removal until 2006. We really should just bite the bullet and implement these functions. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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