proposed revision to memory.h(3head) (was: on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform)

[Joseph Myers]

On Sun, 2 Aug 2026, Alejandro Colomar wrote:

> I don't know of any copy of SVID Issue 1.

I have a printed copy.  It has <memory.h> on pages 208 and 209, with 
FUTURE DIRECTIONS saying "The declarations in <memory.h> will be moved to 
<string.h>.".  (Likewise in XPG1.)

> I'd be curious to see whether XPG Issue 3 still kept <memory.h> (but
> I suspect it won't, since it derives from POSIX.1-1988).

Page 642 of volume 2 lists it as WITHDRAWN, "The declarations in 
<memory.h> have been moved to <string.h>.".

So there you have explicit statements showing an intentional, planned 
move.

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Joseph S. Myers
josmyers@redhat.com