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On 02/17/2016 09:53 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> Technically it would be possible to mark these >> __attribute__((__deprecated__)) if __POSIX2008_VISIBLE. I'm not sure if >> that *should* be done or not. > > I'm really not sure about that. How's that handled in BSDs or GLibc? > I think none of them adds the deprecated attribute to functions still > implemented and mentioned in *some* standard. > >> There are some cases where __CYGWIN__ and/or __rtems__ are used because that >> feature is only implemented on those system(s) and other cases where they >> are clearly in place of a proper feature test. The question is if the >> headers really need to reflect the former. > > Probably not, unless it's required to guard against contradicting > definitions (e.g., in rtems/Cygwin-only headers). glibc actively removes gets() unless you specifically request an older standard, and meanwhile marks it as deprecated even for the standards where it is fully defined: > #if !defined __USE_ISOC11 \ > || (defined __cplusplus && __cplusplus <= 201103L) > /* Get a newline-terminated string from stdin, removing the newline. > DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION!! There is no limit on how much it will read. > > The function has been officially removed in ISO C11. This opportunity > is used to also remove it from the GNU feature list. It is now only > available when explicitly using an old ISO C, Unix, or POSIX standard. > GCC defines _GNU_SOURCE when building C++ code and the function is still > in C++11, so it is also available for C++. > > This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not > marked with __THROW. */ > extern char *gets (char *__s) __wur __attribute_deprecated__; > #endif > > > Corinna > -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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