Don Cragun writes: > During the last revision cycle, the committee received requests to explicitly > add these functions because they are widely used in Linux application > programming and were a portability problem for people porting code from > Linux systems to POSIX/UNIX platforms. I don't remember any requests to > add stplcpy() and wclpcpy(). If they had been suggested we could easily have > added them as well, but the cross platform portability consideration concerns > would still have been enough to add the function that were added.
OK; that just reinforces my +1 with nose held. Ugly stuff, that. > > Don Cragun was RIF'ed and right now I don't know anyone at Sun who can > > be queried for standards issues. > > Even though I am no longer at Sun, I'm still interested in OpenSolaris. I'm > remaining involved in Austin Group activities on my own dime. Great to hear! -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
