Hi Paul,

On 2026-02-20T16:31:44-0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2026-02-20 16:04, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 
> > BTW, the it doesn't really need __STDC_VERSION__ >= 202311L.  This works
> > all the way back to C11, AFAIK.
> 
> Gnulib doesn't assume C11; it assumes only C99. We may start assuming a
> later C at some point but now is not a good time.

Yup, I didn't mean we don't need any cpp(1) check, but that we don't
need C23.  We could put a C11 test.

> 
> > However, shouldn't that be done in a separate patch?
> 
> Not quite following, but if you mean this sort of thing affects existing
> functions other than the proposed strnul, then yes that patch should be done
> first. As Bruno notes, though, it's not clear what those other functions
> would be, as we should leave strchr etc. alone.

Okay.  And if we don't make strchr(3) etc. const-generic, do you want to
make strnul() const-generic?  I'm not sure; on the one hand, it would
be useful; on the other, it might be confusing why gnulib provides such
APIs for some functions but not for others.  In any case, it's up to
you.

If you prefer it const-generic, I think it would be easier if you write
the patch; you know what you can and can't use within gnulib, so you'll
do it faster.


Cheers,
Alex

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