On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Jim Michaels <jmich...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I don't know who to go to to make this change request to the c library > standard (ANSI C Library?). > it would not break any existing code, but it would make the function EVER > more useful!
Microsoft maintains the library. We just consume it. You'd have to bring this up with MS. > in ctype.h, these macros should be redefined. > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/45119yx3%28VS.80%29.aspx > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8h19t214%28VS.71%29.aspx > > #define toupper(ch) ((ch>='a'&&ch<='z')?ch-('a'-'A'):ch) > #define tolower(ch) ((ch>='A'&&ch<='Z')?ch+('a'-'A'):ch) > > simple? > > the old definition simply subtracts and thus requires an if statement to > properly work - so why did they bother to code this this way in the first > place if they didn't want to plan on it being useful: > if I am correct, the microsoft compiler does the same thing, and it was in > the msdn documentation - until someone took it out. > > this is for the ascii definition version. and I'm sure you can simply use a > regular function for the rest (and I thought about inline as a possibility > for the more complex stuff that needs real if statements). > > I am having to code my own versions of these. > > ------------- > Jim Michaels > jmich...@yahoo.com > j...@jimscomputerrepairandwebdesign.com > http://JimsComputerRepairandWebDesign.com > http://JesusnJim.com (my personal site, has software) > http://DoLifeComputers.JesusnJim.com (group which I lead) > --- > Computer memory/disk size measurements: > [KB KiB] [MB MiB] [GB GiB] [TB TiB] > [10^3B=1,000B=1KB][2^10B=1,024B=1KiB] > [10^6B=1,000,000B=1MB][2^20B=1,048,576B=1MiB] > [10^9B=1,000,000,000B=1GB][2^30B=1,073,741,824B=1GiB] > [10^12B=1,000,000,000,000B=1TB][2^40B=1,099,511,627,776B=1TiB] > Note: disk size is measured in MB, GB, or TB, not in MiB, GiB, or TiB. > computer memory (RAM) is measured in MiB and GiB. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
