[PATCH/RFA] Internationalize ctype functionality

Antony King antony.king@st.com
Tue Jun 29 14:26:00 GMT 2010


Thanks.

On 29/06/2010 10:03, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jun 21 11:16, Antony King wrote:
>> In the particular instance where this compatibility issue occurred then
>> your suggestion of them rebuilding the library is OK (and will be done).
>> However we have a commitment to our customers to retain binary
>> compatibility (where feasible); this is particularly important in the
>> case of 3rd party suppliers where rebuilding a library may take time to
>> arrange and also incur a financial penalty :-(.
>>
>> In this light, I think I will submit this change as the attached patch
>> request with the guards you suggest.
>> [...]
>>
>> 	* libc/ctype/ctype_.c (__ctype_ptr): Reinstate definition (guarded by
>> 	NEED_OLD_CTYPE_PTR_DEFINITION) for backwards compatibility with newlib
>> 	1.16.0 and earlier.
> 
> Thanks.  I applied it with a minor change:
> 
>   NEED_OLD_CTYPE_PTR_DEFINITION ==> _NEED_OLD_CTYPE_PTR_DEFINITION
> 
> Note the leading underscore.
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 



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