[RFC v3 2/4] string: Add streq,memeq,wcseq,wmemeq,strcaseeq[_l],wcscaseeq[_l] APIs

[Alejandro Colomar]

Hi Florian,

On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 08:25:07PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Alejandro Colomar:
> 
> >> And since the proposed functions ought to be usable with pre-C2y 
> >> compilers, this change doesn't particularly help here.
> >
> > I suggest that GCC removes the constraint from pre-C2y versions.  We
> > could move it to -Wpedantic, since the diagnostic is only to comply with
> > the standard, but doesn't bring much value.
> 
> That doesn't seem to be necessary.

It's still necessary for calling functions defined by other libraries
that already provide static inline functions from my extern inline
functions.

It's not necessary for glibc, if glibc continues not providing static
inline functions.

>  GCC already supports the deseriable
> behavior using “extern __inline __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__))”.

But that sets ABI.  Are you okay with that?  I'm fine with it, FWIW.


Have a lovely night!
Alex

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