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RE: strtof is missing
- From: "Rolf Campbell" <rcampbell at tropicnetworks dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: <newlib at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:22:50 -0500
- Subject: RE: strtof is missing
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:rbcollins@cygwin.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 4:37 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Cc: newlib@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: strtof is missing
>
>
> On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 20:34, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> > Removing the symbol might
> > break these applications (though I assume there aren't that
> much apps
> > using strtodf).
>
> We can just export it twice from cygwin.din. That + Jeff's
> patch will keep backwards compatability and provide the right
> API for new apps.
How about a deprecated inline function instead of a define? That way,
at least people will get warnings if they try to use the old function.
-Rolf
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