Re: standards/45258: #include <string.h> -> <strings.h> -> <stdint.h>

[Klaus Klein <kleink%kleink.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR standards/45258; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Klaus Klein <kleink%kleink.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, dholland%eecs.harvard.edu@localhost
Subject: Re: standards/45258: #include <string.h> -> <strings.h> -> <stdint.h>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:38:18 +0200

 On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 01:40:04AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR standards/45258; it has been noted by 
 > GNATS.
 > 
 > From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: standards/45258: #include <string.h> -> <strings.h> -> 
 > <stdint.h>
 > Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:39:10 +0000
 > 
 >  On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 01:30:00AM +0000, 
 > dholland%eecs.harvard.edu@localhost wrote:
 >   > Either remove <strings.h> from <string.h>, which is probably not a
 >   > viable proposition, or fix <strings.h> not to spew into the namespace.
 >  
 >  This should do it, but I haven't tested for build fallout yet. There
 >  will probably be some.
 >  
 >  Any objections?
 
 If that (fixing <strings.h>) does the trick, certainly not from me.
 In that case I'd also suggest something like this (similar to the
 printf(3) approach to varargs):
 
 Index: popcount.3
 ===================================================================
 RCS file: /cvsroot/src/lib/libc/string/popcount.3,v
 retrieving revision 1.4
 diff -u -r1.4 popcount.3
 --- popcount.3 22 Jul 2009 07:07:27 -0000      1.4
 +++ popcount.3 16 Aug 2011 07:31:01 -0000
 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
  .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  .\"
 -.Dd July 13, 2009
 +.Dd August 16, 2011
  .Dt POPCOUNT 3
  .Os
  .Sh NAME
 @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
  .Fn popcountl "unsigned long value"
  .Ft unsigned int
  .Fn popcountll "unsigned long long value"
 +.In stdint.h
  .Ft unsigned int
  .Fn popcount32 "uint32_t value"
  .Ft unsigned int
 
 
 - Klaus