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Re: gawk-3.1.3-mbstate_t.patch for hpux
From: |
Stepan Kasal |
Subject: |
Re: gawk-3.1.3-mbstate_t.patch for hpux |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:20:49 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
Hello Michael,
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:54:13PM -0500, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> mec> it's reasonable to add a HAVE_MBSTATE_T test.
>
> stepan> I think it's better to use the AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC() macro instead.
>
> I saw that macro and I chose not to use it.
>
> I like to keep things orthogonal and atomic. It's possible for a
> platform to have mbrtowc() function and no mbstate_t type, and it's
> possible for some applications to work properly on such a platform
Well, I don't have enough knowledge nor experience to argue with this.
I just decided to follow the `official' way. And I feel that the
combination is weird, so I decided to be careful.
> stepan> Michael, are you willing to rework the patch according to my
>
> Well, no. [...]
It's OK, of course.
Thank you for taking your time to discussing the issue.
> (By the way, I use HP's test drive program. Anyone else can get access
> to the same machines, although it takes some time to ftp in all the
> source you need to actually do work).
Thank you very much for this hint. I'll write it somewhere where it won't
be lost.
Have a nice day,
Stepan