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Re: gcc-core and g++ source


On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Eric Blake wrote:

> According to James McLaughlin on 7/26/2005 5:44 AM:
> > I've been wondering about why functions such as strcpy
> > return char*, instead of being void, so I thought I'd
> > look at the source for this function and see if there
> > were any informative comments. However, while I've got
> > the g++ and gcc-core source, I can't find the source
> > for the standard <string.h> functions - can anyone
> > tell me which file to look in?
>
> gcc does not provide it; look at newlib/libc/string/strcpy.c instead (I
> look at newlib CVS, so I'm not sure which package in setup.exe provides
> the newlib source snapshot used for the current build).

<http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=%2Fstrcpy.c>. ];->

> > In fact, is there any sort of document detailing where to find the
> > source for the functions defined in , say, header <?.h>? (organised by
> > header)? If not, are there any plans to include such a document in the
> > Cygwin docs?
>
> Only if someone (how about you?) volunteers to write them.

But the package search page (at <http://cygwin.com/packages/>) should help
somewhat. :-)
	Igor
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