From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 03:19:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E121106564A for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:19:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D36A58FC12 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:19:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from park.js.berklix.net (p5B22EB2F.dip.t-dialin.net [91.34.235.47]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p1F3JfGB093027 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:19:42 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by park.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p1F3JN6I038724 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:19:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p1F3JAo4090377 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:19:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201102150319.p1F3JAo4090377@fire.js.berklix.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:00:15 +0100." <4D59275F.60002@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:19:10 +0100 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Subject: Re: man 3 getopt char * const argv[] - is const wrong ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:19:44 -0000 > I understand the concerns about licensing, yet I see standards as > reference material, ISO products are not standard when ISO restricts access by charging fees so they're not freely distributable to all individual programmers for reference in free software developer communities. Only draft ISO are freely available. FreeBSD & Linux & Apache & RFCs etc do better than ISO, publishing de facto standards as documentation & source free of charge. >and the SUS is available free of charge, that's Again you fail to post a precise complete URL for free open anonymous reference. One might wonder your involvment with open.org/ISO/IEEE. > Take the political parts up with the respective entities and/or possibly > the FreeBSD foundation. If free source developers co-operate on de facto standards, ISO may be ignored as an obstruction. > language, 2nd edition, then getopt() isn't even in my printed book's index. Yet again: The point is to find the latest specification of C language "const" Before considering latest getopt(). > > It would be nice to download a new C standard for reference. Is > > Yes. > > > the newest definition of C free public access ? Is there a URL > > I never bothered to check. Check the final drafts that are getting > voted "becomes standard yes/no" on, they are usually free. You Never bother to post precise URLs to list, please stop posting. A reminder for others I have found this free downloadable C spec > http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/standards > Is there a URL newer/ better than what I posted ? Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text; Not quoted-printable, Not HTML, Not base 64. Reply below text sections not at top, to avoid breaking cumulative context.