[RFC v1 1/1] string: Add streq(), memeq(), wcseq(), wmemeq()

Alejandro Colomar alx@kernel.org
Tue Sep 2 08:09:03 GMT 2025


Hi Joseph,

On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 04:53:14PM +0000, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Sep 2025, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote:
> 
> > It is for C89 [1]:
> > 
> > :::: -std=c89 -D_GNU_SOURCE=1
> > In file included from ../include/string.h:60,
> >                  from ../inet/netinet/icmp6.h:22,
> >                  from ../include/netinet/icmp6.h:1,
> >                  from /tmp/cih_test_4ZNjF5.c:10:
> > ../string/string.h:86:14: error: expected ';' before '_Bool'
> >    86 | static inline _Bool
> >       |              ^~~~~~
> 
> That's about inline not being a keyword (should be using __inline).  

Ahhh, thanks!

> Although if anyone tries to use GCC versions before GCC 3.0 with the 
> headers, they'd run into lack of _Bool as well.

Does glibc support such old GCC versions?

If so, should I hide the declarations with some #ifdef for the GCC
version?  Or should we just say GCC <3.0 is not supported with the
headers?


Have a lovely day!
Alex

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