Re: stdlib/stdlib.h change to initstate

[Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>]

>>>>> Ulrich Drepper writes:

Ulrich> Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> writes:
>> But this change is not reflected in the implememtation of these
>> files.  Is this required by any standards?

Ulrich> THe patch is indeed needed but I didn't plan to have it in already.
Ulrich> Oh well, I fied the sources now.

There's one more patch needed.  I'm appending an untested version.

Ulrich> Thanks,

Ulrich> [PS: the setstate prototype still is not 100% correct but this is a
Ulrich> more complicated problem...]

What's the problem? Could you enlighten us?

Thanks,
Andreas

2000-02-24  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

	* include/stdlib.h: Correct prototypes to use char * for
	statebuf.

--- include/stdlib.h.~1~	Sat Jan  1 10:21:56 2000
+++ include/stdlib.h	Thu Feb 24 18:30:08 2000
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 #ifndef __Need_M_And_C
 extern int32_t __random (void);
 extern void __srandom (unsigned int __seed);
-extern void *__initstate (unsigned int __seed, void *__statebuf,
+extern void *__initstate (unsigned int __seed, char *__statebuf,
 			  size_t __statelen);
-extern void *__setstate (void *__statebuf);
+extern void *__setstate (char *__statebuf);
 extern int __random_r (struct random_data *__buf, int32_t *__result);
 extern int __srandom_r (unsigned int __seed, struct random_data *__buf);
-extern int __initstate_r (unsigned int __seed, void *__statebuf,
+extern int __initstate_r (unsigned int __seed, char *__statebuf,
 			  size_t __statelen, struct random_data *__buf);
-extern int __setstate_r (void *__statebuf, struct random_data *__buf);
+extern int __setstate_r (char *__statebuf, struct random_data *__buf);
 extern int __rand_r (unsigned int *__seed);
 extern int __erand48_r (unsigned short int __xsubi[3],
 			struct drand48_data *__buffer, double *__result);

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