Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:13:24 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdtime strftime.3 strftime.c strptime.c Message-ID: <20010417171321.C18804@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <28190.987512470@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:01:10PM %2B0200 References: <200103211452.f2LEqCF38503@freefall.freebsd.org> <28190.987512470@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 15:01:10 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 06:52:12 PST, "Andrey A. Chernov" wrote: > > > Modified files: > > lib/libc/stdtime strftime.3 strftime.c strptime.c > > Log: > > Get rid of non-standard %E[Ff] formats, userland apps already fixed > > Wasn't that a little gratuitous? I try to keep standards conformance even while adding non-standard features. %E[Ff] non-standard way was not obvious and not flexible (always space assumption, etc.). New nl_langinfo() non-standard way adds more flexibility and it is more obvious for code reader what happens here. Since time locale data format already changed several times, compatibility with old programs already broken. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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