Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:00:15 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man 3 getopt char * const argv[] - is const wrong ? Message-ID: <4D59275F.60002@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <201102140241.p1E2fmMh004864@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201102140241.p1E2fmMh004864@fire.js.berklix.net>
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Am 14.02.2011 03:41, schrieb Julian H. Stacey: >> Well, instead of ranting, > > An inadvisable epithet ! > > Maybe you never had the luxury of working when one could buy a slim > K&R,& it was all one needed. Now ISO sell standards, Not all free > download. For C I've only found enormous PDFs. Some downloads may > not be newest&/or might need logins or license or payment. Apache.org > set a better example of free unobstructed hypertexted access to all > versions of eg http.conf etc. Where have you been living the past two decades? It's been a not so recent development that small language cores (C, Java) are accompanied by humongous amounts of documentation for standard libraries... I understand the concerns about licensing, yet I see standards as reference material, and the SUS is available free of charge, that's about as much as I care for the current discussion. Take the political parts up with the respective entities and/or possibly the FreeBSD foundation. > Using Unix& C since '77,& '82, I 'appreciate' C is a heavily > evolved = bent language. Const as case in point: FreeBSD getopt > seems to conflict with K&R#2 so ... If K&R #2 is supposed to be Kernighan & Ritchie, The C Programming language, 2nd edition, then getopt() isn't even in my printed book's index. > 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. -- Matthias Andree
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