Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:22:45 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: standards@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Re: libassuan troubles Message-ID: <200404191722.46164.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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Standards issues like these are over my head, so I'm forwarding this here,
hoping some experts can comment on it.
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Subject: Re: libassuan troubles
Date: Monday 19 April 2004 17:15
From: Marcus Brinkmann <marcus.brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
Cc: gpa-dev@gnupg.org
At Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:54:37 +0200,
Michael Nottebrock wrote:
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> On Monday 19 April 2004 16:34, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > This seems spurious. Maybe putc_unlocked is only defined as a macro
> > on BSD, and thus circumvents the autoconf tests? This would sound
> > broken to me (it may be allowed to define it as a macro, but it should
> > still be defined as a function in the library).
>
> Yes, it's a macro. However, I don't see what's wrong about that other than
> making autoconf's life harder.
putc_unlocked is specified as a function that may be defined as a
macro. The fact that it is defined as a macro does not relief you
from also declaring and defining it as a function. IE, the following
must be possible in a program:
#undef putc_unlocked
putc_unlocked ('a');
At least this is my interpretation of the wording in POSIX. In fact,
if you not only take into account the specification, but also the
application usage, it becomes apparent:
16064 APPLICATION USAGE
16065 Since they may be implemented as macros, getc_unlocked( )
and putc_unlocked( ) may treat 16066 incorrectly a stream
argument with side effects. In particular, getc_unlocked(*f++) and 16067
putc_unlocked(*f++) do not necessarily work as expected. Therefore,
use of these functions in 16068 such situations should be
preceded by the following statement as appropriate: 16069
#undef getc_unlocked
16070 #undef putc_unlocked
The autoconf test relies on the function in the library object file.
This will work for almost all functions, except those for which POSIX
explicitely allows the lack of a function definition (like setjmp,
FD_CLR, etc).
Thanks,
Marcus
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