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Re: A getxxx_r version patch

> 
>    Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 16:28:52 -0700 (PDT)
>    From: hjl@varesearch.com (H.J. Lu)
> 
>    Since we changed the return value of getxxx_r, I added a new version
>    for each function and kept the old one.
> 
> I think you should also set errno since the new functions do not
> necessarily do this.  The whole point of having getXXbyYY_r returning
> the error value is avoiding the use of thread-specific data.
> 

I don't know what you mean. The new functions return "errno" in case
of errors. Why do you want to set "errno" with "errno"?

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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)
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