The point I want to make is that C95 conversion functions were not available in historical versions of msvcrt.dll (e.g. Visual C++ 4.2).
Previously, for msvcrt.dll, mbrtowc.c and wcrtomb.c were only compiled for i386 and amd64. This was changed in my initial patch series for new implementation of C95 conversion functions. See this commit[1]. This may not matter that much now, but I think this bit of information can be useful to preserve for documentation purpose. - https://github.com/mingw-w64/mingw-w64/commit/f3fd891dedefba64438490c10c162edda722ec7d ________________________________ From: Pali Rohár <pali.ro...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 1, 2025 4:58 AM To: Kirill Makurin <maiddais...@outlook.com> Cc: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net <mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH] crt: Remove misleading F_ARM_ANY comment for C95 wide functions in msvcrt.def.in Those wide symbols (like most others) are available on i386, amd64, arm32 and arm64. Not just on arm. Macro F_ARM_ANY is used for symbols which are available only on arm32 and arm64, so specially when symbols are _not_ available on i386 and amd64. My idea during cleanup & refactor of msvcrt.def.in was: If there is no architecture note then it means that symbol is available is on all platforms -- which is the major case. And special cases when symbol is available only for some platforms is written by macros like "F_ARM_ANY" or "F_I386"; or by written comment (e.g. symbol is available for all platforms, but for some reason on i386 it was replaced by emu). On Sunday 31 August 2025 19:36:29 Kirill Makurin wrote: > I was thinking that preserving F_ARM_ANY could be useful to tell that the > symbols are available in msvcrt.dll on arm, but we replace them anyway. > However, you're right, it's pretty confusing. Maybe it could be rephrased to > say that they are available on arm but we replace them anyway? > > - Kirill Makurin > _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
