On 07/21/2011 06:44 PM, Joe Buck wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 07:30:16AM -0700, Joseph S. Myers wrote: >> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Diogo Sousa wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I checked the "library functions in <inttypes.h>" item in c99status >>> (marked as "Library Issue") [http://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html], and it >>> seems that glibc implements everything the standard demands. >>> >>> Am I missing something or is this outdated? If so, where can I find more >>> information about it? >> >> "Library Issue" simply means it's not GCC's resposibility; it says nothing >> about the state in any particular library that may be used with GCC. > > But readers will focus on the word "Issue" here and think that there is > something missing. Perhaps there should be a footnote explaining that > glibc/eglibc has the needed support, but that other libraries might not. >
I agree. It should say something as "Library Dependent", and report glibc status.
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