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Re: Aging Standards

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: ricaljasan <ricaljasan at pacific dot net>
Cc: libc-help at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 06:30:22 -0500
Subject: Re: Aging Standards
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References: <544C9D5F dot 9060706 at pacific dot net>

On 26 Oct 2014 00:06, ricaljasan wrote:
> In chapter Error Reporting, section Error Messages, there is the
> following note:
> 
> @strong{Compatibility Note:} The @code{strerror} function was introduced
> in @w{ISO C89}.  Many older C systems do not support this function yet.
> 
> Given that the standard is now a quarter-century old and thrice revised,
> is it still reasonable to expect that an older C system which does not
> support the strerror function will, at some point?  Also, are there
> "many"?  Perhaps we could say:
> 
> Some older C systems do not support this function.
> 
> which fulfills the purpose of the compatibility note.

looks like i independently noticed & fixed this by deleting it :)
-mike

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