non-standard const-preserving string APIs
Adhemerval Zanella Netto
adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Sun May 17 12:22:41 GMT 2026
On 16/05/26 15:15, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm working on documenting the recent API change of strchr(3) et al.
> to adapt to C23. While doing that, I've realized that the related APIs
> that are not standardized by ISO C, such as memrchr(3), have not been
> changed consistently with their relatives. Has this been discussed?
>
> I think the inconsistency might be dangerous. Should we change the
> other string functions accordingly?
I think it is reasonable to support const-preserving to the GNU interfaces as
well. Are you preparing a patch?
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