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[Bug libc/12836] fmemopen(buf,size,"w+b") isn't binary


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12836

Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #2 from Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> 2011-07-23 04:00:08 UTC ---
An(In reply to comment #0)
> The documented behavior of fmemopen behaving in binary mode if 'b' was present
> in mode does not actually happen if 'b' is not in mode[1].  For consistency
> with fopen and friends, 'wb+' and 'w+b' should have identical effect.

Who says that?  Any such change would mean that either we'd have to change the
version of the fmemopen interface and prevent code compiled now to use fmemopen
from running with older glibcs.  And for what?  Just so that you get
"consistency"?  No good reason.

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