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Date:	Tue, 8 Apr 2003 10:32:13 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: missing lfind/lsearch ?
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On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 03:55:36PM +0200, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
>when bumping CYGWIN_VERSION_API_MINOR up to 74,
>some functions mentioned in SUSv3 in search.h (hsearch,tsearch,...)
>have been added to search.h, including the reentrant versions.
>
>Is there a significant reason why lsearch/lfind were not part of
>this CYGWIN_VERSION_API_MINOR increase, as they are also part of
>search.h in SUS, the Single Unix Specification ?

You mean other than that those functions aren't implemented?  No.
Implementing them would require someone to contribute them to
the newlib library.  Send your contribution to newlib at newlib dot com.

cgf

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