On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 05:35 -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Yoann Vandoorselaere on 9/15/2006 5:29 AM:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The c-ctype, c-strcase, c-strcasestr and c-strstr modules seem only to
> > implement their replacement functions using a "c_" prefix. 
> > 
> > However, there is no autoconf test implemented by these modules that
> > redefine the original function (in case it is missing) to point to their
> > GnuLib replacement. 
> > 
> > Is this behavior expected ?
> 
> Which platform is missing one of these?  Most implementations have a
> pretty full-featured <string.h> these days; and even on platforms like
> cygwin, where <string.h> is not POSIX compliant because it does not honor
> alternate locales, the functions still exist and work as if LC_ALL=C.  But
> if you identify which platform is missing which function, we can probably
> improve the module to serve as a replacement.

I recall platform missing strcasestr, although I can't remember which.
Anyway, what's the purpose of these modules if they are not used
anywhere ?

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