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Re: Problem with ctype.h
- To: roland@frob.com (Roland McGrath)
- Subject: Re: Problem with ctype.h
- From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 14:30:22 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com
>
> > The question is if 1003.1-1996 allows everything in
> > <bits/pthreadtypes.h> to be included in <ctype.h>.
>
> I think it does, but only because its allowance is so broad.
> ANSI/ISO C definitely does not allow it.
If that is the case, VSX-PCT is right to fail glibc on
# gcc -ansi -D_POSIX_SOURCE
It should be fixed.
>
> > They should be ok in <pthread.h>. Shouldn't we just include
> > <bits/pthreadtypes.h> when the types defined in it are needed?
>
> Yes, I think so. I don't see why any of those types are needed except by
> <pthread.h>.
>
FYI, right now I have about 40 failures in VSX-PCT. It looks good.
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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)