Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:35:04 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, 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: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101121032550.2040-100000@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200101112143.QAA49876@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<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. Ick. They became obsolete more than 10 years ago when the first C standard specified printf() completely. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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