Re: size_max

2005-06-24 Thread Paul Eggert
Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the criteria for being listed as maintainer of a gnulib > module? Wrote the code? Interested in supporting the code? > Modularized the code? Wrote the module file? Gnulib developer? Yes to all the above. :-) The criteria aren't formal, b

Re: size_max

2005-06-24 Thread Simon Josefsson
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> How about this? The patch was discussed and revised a few times some >> months ago. Nobody complained after the last patch was posted. I'll >> install this on Sunday, unless someone complains. > > It seem

Re: canon-host.c disagreement (gnulib vs coreutils); zero initializers

2005-06-24 Thread Simon Josefsson
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I recall some compilers complaining about a trailing ','s. Is it >> really OK by C89? I'm just curious. > > Yes, it is allowed in C89. > > Perhaps you're thinking of enumeration specifiers. The declaratio

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: quotation characters]

2005-06-24 Thread Paul Eggert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) writes: > Maybe we should just drop the text about '...' and "...", as it's kind > of implied. Thus: > > In the C locale, GNU programs should stick to plain ASCII for > quotation characters in messages to users: preferably 0x60 (`) for > left quotes and 0x27 (

Re: size_max

2005-06-24 Thread Paul Eggert
Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How about this? The patch was discussed and revised a few times some > months ago. Nobody complained after the last patch was posted. I'll > install this on Sunday, unless someone complains. It seems a bit odd for you to list Bruno as the maintaine

Re: canon-host.c disagreement (gnulib vs coreutils); zero initializers

2005-06-24 Thread Paul Eggert
Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I recall some compilers complaining about a trailing ','s. Is it > really OK by C89? I'm just curious. Yes, it is allowed in C89. Perhaps you're thinking of enumeration specifiers. The declaration: enum { zero, }; is not allowed in C89. (C99 al

Re: canon-host.c disagreement (gnulib vs coreutils); zero initializers

2005-06-24 Thread James Youngman
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 01:16:50PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > I recall some compilers complaining about a trailing ','s. Is it > really OK by C89? I'm just curious. Oddly, it's different for array initialisers and enums, but I can't remember which is allowed and which is not. James. _

Re: stat and lstat should define their replacements

2005-06-24 Thread Derek Price
Paul Eggert wrote: >Please install it in gnulib; it looks good to me. Thanks for >following up on it. > > Done: 2005-06-24 Derek Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Remove stat module & update lstat. * MODULES.html.sh (stat): Remove.

Re: size_max

2005-06-24 Thread Simon Josefsson
How about this? The patch was discussed and revised a few times some months ago. Nobody complained after the last patch was posted. I'll install this on Sunday, unless someone complains. Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2004-12-28 Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: quotation characters]

2005-06-24 Thread Karl Berry
| the application domain. For example, if source code deals with | the French Revolutionary calendar, it is OK if its literal strings Sounds good, thanks. I assume you mean "punt the 'preferably'"? Actually I meant "point out", ie, our text didn't just give `...' as one

Re: canon-host.c disagreement (gnulib vs coreutils); zero initializers

2005-06-24 Thread Jim Meyering
Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The extra comma is an indication to the reader that we know there are >> missing zeros, and don't care. This style can be used for any object >> in C89, e.g.: >> >> mbstate_t initial_state = { 0, }; >> >>

Re: canon-host.c disagreement (gnulib vs coreutils); zero initializers

2005-06-24 Thread Simon Josefsson
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The extra comma is an indication to the reader that we know there are > missing zeros, and don't care. This style can be used for any object > in C89, e.g.: > > mbstate_t initial_state = { 0, }; > > where we don't know whether mbstate_t is a structure

Re: canon-host.c disagreement (gnulib vs coreutils); zero initializers

2005-06-24 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I noticed the following disagreement between gnulib and coreutils: > > --- gnulib/lib/canon-host.c 2005-05-13 23:03:57 -0700 > +++ cu/lib/canon-host.c 2005-05-14 00:58:06 -0700 ... > I assume that this was due to a warning from "gcc -W" about a missi