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* limits.h: Change MB_LEN_MAX to 6. A 31-bit ISO 10646
character in UTF-8 encoding has that many bytes.
* locale/langinfo.h: New element _NL_CTYPE_MB_CUR_MAX.
* locale/categories.def: Add description of field _NL_CTYPE_MB_CUR_MAX.
* locale/Makefile (routines): Add mb_cur_max.
* locale/mb_cur_max.c: New file. This function gets called
when the macro MB_CUR_MAX is used.
* locale/C-ctype.c: Initialize new mb_cur_max field.
* locale/localeinfo.h: Change magic value because of incompatible
change.
* locale/programs/ld-ctype.c: Determine value of mb_cur_max
according to current character set and write it out with the rest.
* stdlib/stdlib.h (MB_CUR_MAX): Not constant anymore. Get value
according to currently used locale for catefory LC_CTYPE by
calling the function __ctype_get_mb_cur_max.
Tue May 28 03:27:46 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* FAQ: Fix some typos.
Tell that for Linux the kernel header files are necessary.
* PROJECTS: New file. List of open jobs for glibc.
* Makefile (distribute): Add PROJECTS.
* crypt/GNUmakefile (headers): New variable. Mention crypt.h.
* crypt/crypt.h: Header for crypt functions.
* elf/elf.h: Add some new constants from recent Cygnus ELF
header files.
* login/getutid_r.c: Test for correct type.
Don't depend on ut_type and ut_id unless _HAVE_UT_TYPE and
_HAVE_UT_ID resp. are defined.
Make really compliant with specification.
* login/getutline_r.c, login/pututline_r.c: Don't depend on
ut_type and ut_id unless _HAVE_UT_TYPE and _HAVE_UT_ID resp. are
defined.
Make really compliant with specification.
* login/setutent_r.c: Don't depend on ut_type and ut_id unless
_HAVE_UT_TYPE and _HAVE_UT_ID resp. are defined.
* login/login.c, login/logout.c, login/logwtmp.c: Complete
rewrite. Now based on getut*/setut* functions.
* stdlib/strtol.c: Undo changes of Wed May 22 01:48:54 1996.
This prevented using this file in other GNU packages.
* sysdeps/gnu/utmpbits.h: Define _HAVE_UT_TYPE, _HAVE_UT_ID,
and _HAVE_UT_TV because struct utmp has these members.
* sysdeps/libm-i387/e_exp.S: Correct exp(+-Inf) case.
* utmp.h: New file. Wrapper around login/utmp.h.
* elf/dl-error.c (struct catch): New type.
(catch): New static variable, struct catch *.
(catch_env, signalled_errstring, signalled_objname): Variables removed.
(_dl_signal_error): If CATCH is non-null, set its errstring and
objname members and jump to CATCH->env. If it is null, call
_dl_sysdep_fatal with a standard message.
* elf/rtld.c (dl_main): Explode `doit' function into dl_main's body.
No longer use _dl_catch_error.
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Open jobs for finishing GNU libc:
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Status: May 1996
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If you have time and talent to take over any of the jobs below please
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contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu>
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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[ 1] Port to new platforms or test current version on formerly supported
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platforms.
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[ 2] Test compliance with standards. If you have access to recent
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standards (IEEE, ISO, ANSI, X/Open, ...) and/or test suites you
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could do some checks as the goal is to be compliant with all
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standards if they do not contradict each other.
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[ 3] Write translations for the GNU libc message for the so far
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unsupported languages. GNU libc is fully internationalized and
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users can immediately benefit from this.
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Take a look at the matrix in
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ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ABOUT-NLS
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for the current status (of course better use a mirror of prep).
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[ 4] Write wordexp() function; this is described in POSIX.2, The
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header <wordexp.h> already exists.
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Implementation idea: use some functions from bash.
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[ 5] Write reentrent versions of crypt() et.al.
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Implementation idea: Define in <crypt.h>
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struct crypt_data
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{
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<... all the needed data ...>
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};
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and define additional functions
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char *crypt_r (__const char *__key, __const char *__salt,
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struct crypt_data *__data);
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void setkey_r (__const char *__key, struct crypt_data *__data);
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void encrypt_r (char *__block, int __edflag,
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struct crypt_data *__data);
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If possible the non-reentrent functions should use the reentrent
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ones.
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Because of the US export restrictions it might be a good idea if
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some non-american person does this job.
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[ 6] Write `long double' versions of the math functions. This should be
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done in collaboration with the NetBSD and FreeBSD people.
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The libm is in fact fdlibm (not the same as in Linux libc).
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[ 7] If you enjoy assembler programming (as I do --drepper :-) you might
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be interested in writing optimized versions for some functions.
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Especially the string handling functions can be optimized a lot.
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Take a look at
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Faster String Functions
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Henry Spencer, University of Toronto
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Usenix Winter '92, pp. 419--428
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or just ask. Currently mostly i?86 optimized versions exist.
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[ 8] Write nftw() function. Perhaps it might be good to reimplement the
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ftw() function as well to share most of the code.
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[ 9] Write AVL-tree based tsearch() et.al. functions. Currently only
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a very simple algorithm is used.
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[10] Extend regex and/or rx to work with wide characters.
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[11] Add mmap() support to malloc().
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Doug Lea's malloc implementation might give some ideas. Perhaps
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switching completly to his implementation is an option if it
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a) can work without mmap() support (not all system GNU libc
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is running on have mmap)
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b) is without mmap support at least as fast as the current
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implementation
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c) will be extended with the current hooks and additional functions
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