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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
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* Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> [031217 05:23] wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:54:29PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > jkh 2003/12/16 18:54:29 PST
> >
> > FreeBSD src repository
> >
> > Modified files:
> > include fnmatch.h
> > Log:
> > Conformance: Define FNM_NOSYS (see http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/fnmatch.h.html)
> >
> > Revision Changes Path
> > 1.12 +2 -0 src/include/fnmatch.h
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:56:28PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > jkh 2003/12/16 18:56:28 PST
> >
> > FreeBSD src repository
> >
> > Modified files:
> > include regex.h
> > Log:
> > Conformance: Add REG_ENOSYS (see http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/regex.h.html)
> >
> > Revision Changes Path
> > 1.7 +1 -0 src/include/regex.h
>
>
> I don't understand ... why add these defines that are marked
> `obsolescent'? We don't use them now (clearly), strictly conforming
> applications cannot use them, and they may be widthdrawn from the
> referenced standard in the future.
It is still required for standards conformance.
There may be tools out there that expect to "just work" like so
switch (id) {
...
case FNM_NOSYS:
str = "FNM_NOSYS";
...
}
and those should "just work".
--
- Alfred Perlstein
- Research Engineering Development Inc.
- email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684
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