[ECOS] wcstombs

[Jonathan Larmour]

Klaas Gadeyne wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Jonathan Larmour wrote:
>> Klaas Gadeyne wrote:
>>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Jonathan Larmour wrote:
>>>> Klaas Gadeyne wrote:
>>>>> So the next question: Is there reason why the implementation is not
>>>>> conform the Single unix spec?
>>>>
>>>> The short answer: eCos is not UNIX.
>>>>
>>>> The longer answer: eCos does try to comply with C90 and C99 
>>>> (although it doesn't by a long way with the latter), and selected 
>>>> parts of POSIX. UNIX compatibility is a "would be nice" thing, but 
>>>> not if it means adding bells and whistles that just bloat code until 
>>>> eCos slowly grows to be the size of UNIX. Therefore bells and 
>>>> whistles that only exist in the SUS are unlikely to be implemented.
>>>
>>> Then, only for those who are interested:  The following patch works fine
>>> for me (without too much code bloat I hope :-), but please check...
>>
>> It isn't right as it disregards n. I've checked in the attached patch. 
>> Update your CVS and check it's ok.
> 
> Hmm, I did disregard n on purpose, see the original post with quote from 
> the
> SUS.
> 
> <http://sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss/2006-08/msg00038.html>

Sorry, you're right - that's a different nuance than is normally used for 
these types of things. I'll correct that now.

Jifl
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