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[Bug libc/10699] The argz create routines respond differently to empty strings
- From: "lucien at haijen dot be" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 30 Oct 2009 15:48:42 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/10699] The argz create routines respond differently to empty strings
- References: <20090928113155.10699.lucien@haijen.be>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From lucien at haijen dot be 2009-10-30 15:48 -------
Subject: Re: The argz create routines respond differently
to empty strings
Dear Sir
Thank you very much for making time to answer my "not really
a bug" report.
I fully agree with your justification for not modifying an
existing function. In the mean time I have written my own
version under a different name, which proved to be easy, plus
a whole set of other related functions that I now must test.
Again, many thanks from a retired but still busy C programmer.
Yours truly
L. Haijen
Antwerp, Belgium
On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 23:52 +0000, drepper at redhat dot com wrote:
> ------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2009-10-29 23:52 -------
> The function is as it is. If I would have known about this nuance back when I
> wrote this function I most likely would have implemented as you expect it. But
> today it's too late. There is code out there using thing function and those
> programs might expect exactly the current behavior. I cannot justify breaking
> those programs.
>
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