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Re: strxfrm output stability
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 23:26:52 +0200
- Subject: Re: strxfrm output stability
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Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> writes:
> Why is it acceptable to change the strxfrm output between glibc
> releases, as implied by several bug reports (e.g. bug 18927)? Doesn't
> this break backwards compatibility in a major way?
I don't think there is any guarantee of stability in the output of
strxfrm, even between different runs of the same program.
Andreas.
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