Why __memrchr vs. memrchr ?
Denis Zaitsev
zzz@anda.ru
Fri Feb 6 00:08:00 GMT 2004
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 07:03:40AM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> Denis Zaitsev <zzz@anda.ru> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 01:17:23AM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> >>
> >> According to memchr(3),
> >> "The memrchr() function is a GNU extension, available since glibc 2.1.91".
> >
> > Oh, I'm sorry. This fact is omited from the texinfo GLIBC
> > documentation...
>
> It's in the Library Summary:
> `void * memrchr (const void *BLOCK, int C, size_t SIZE)'
> `string.h' (GNU): *Note Search Functions::.
Indeed, it's shortly marked as (GNU) here and there. But that's not
described in the texi manual. So, below is the tiny patch. Please,
apply it.
--- manual/string.texi.orig 2004-02-06 05:02:13.000000000 +0500
+++ manual/string.texi 2004-02-06 05:03:47.000000000 +0500
@@ -1625,6 +1625,8 @@ This function is a GNU extension.
The function @code{memrchr} is like @code{memchr}, except that it searches
backwards from the end of the block defined by @var{block} and @var{size}
(instead of forwards from the front).
+
+This function is a GNU extension.
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
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