Hi Alex, At 2026-08-01T00:21:34+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > Date: 2026-07-31 22:10:13+0000 > > From: Joseph Myers <[email protected]> > > man-pages should document the world of C APIs as it is, in a way > > that has broad community agreement; it should follow, not lead, on > > any changes. > > > > When an API has been in <string.h> since 1989, that means > > documenting <string.h> as the main location for that API - not some > > other location one person thinks is better and that most of the > > community has never heard of. > > FWIW, the APIs have been in <memory.h> since 1986 in 4.3BSD, and in > System V they go back further to 1983.
I meant to respond earlier with this research tidbit, but I've been busy with preparing groff 1.25.0.rc2 and Mark Harris stepped in with much the same info. Thanks, Mark! https://github.com/ryanwoodsmall/oldsysv/blob/master/sysv-pdp11_tape/usr/include/memory.h Regards, Branden
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