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missing functions in newlib
- From: "chris" <caj at cs dot york dot ac dot uk>
- To: <newlib at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:16:42 +0100
- Subject: missing functions in newlib
Hello!
I was suprised to not find in the FAQ "XXX is missing from newlib", so I
shall have to ask it here.
I am using newlib as it seems to be the C library used in cygwin, and use it
to convert linux/bsd programs to windows.
The two things I find most often are missing are <err.h> (and the functions
in it) which seem to simply allow pretty-printing error messages, and itoa,
which turns an integer into an ascii string.
Is there some specific reason (not wanting to just add every non-standard
function) these aren't in newlib? Would adding them simply involve finding /
writing correct versions? Could they just be lifted whole-sale from a
licence compatable C library?
Thank you for your help on what I suspect is an obvious question..
Chris