On 30/04/17 07:53, Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi, > > The name of the strftime module is misleading: > 1) It suggests that it defines the function 'strftime', but in fact it > defines 'nstrftime'. GNU findutils fell into this pit: their > bootstrap.conf > requests the gnulib 'strftime' module but the coded doesn't use > nstrftime. > 2) When we need to apply workarounds to the strftime() function, it is > awkward to not be able to use the module name 'strftime' for it. > > I'd suggest to rename 'strftime' to 'strftime-gnu' or 'nstrftime', and mark > the 'strftime' module obsolete for two years, then after two years remove it. > So that all users of this module have enough time to notice the change.
Sounds sensible to me. I was initially confused with this module also
